Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
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.
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Malayalam
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Tamil
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
தயவு (Tayavu)
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Kongu
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Kongu
Dialect 2
Mappila
Madurai Tamil
Where They Speak
India
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Tirunelveli Tamil
Where They Speak
France, kerala
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
தமிழ்
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
French Name
malayalam
tamoul
German Name
Malayalam
Tamil
Pronunciation
Not Available
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Tamil people or Tamilans
Origin
9th Century
300 BC
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Tamil
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Tamil
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
tam
Glottocode
mala1464
tami1289, oldt1248
Linguasphere
No data available
tami1289
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Malayalam and Tamil 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 Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Tamil language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Tamil Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Tamil 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 Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.