Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
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.
  
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Gujarati
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Assalam O Alaikum
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Meharbani
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Kehra haal aahin
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
tava kia aayo
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Sham Jo Salam
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Assalam o Alaikum
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Subho Bakhair
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Mehrbani
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Allah Wahi
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Maaf Kajo
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Siraiki
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Upper Sindh
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Vicholi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Central Sindh
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Lari
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Lower Sindh
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
29.00 million
  
37
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malayalam
  
sindhi
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
711 A.D
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Sindhi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
sd
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
snd
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
snd
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
snd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
sind1272
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Sindhi language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Sindhi Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.