Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Serbia
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
8.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
malayalam
  
serbe
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Serbs
  
Origin
9th Century
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Serbian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malayalam and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Serbian language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Serbian Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Serbian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malayalam and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.