Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Merhaba
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Nasılsın?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Tünaydın
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
günaydın
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
lütfen
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
üzgünüm
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Mappila
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
India
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Gagauz
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
malayalam
turc
German Name
Malayalam
Türkisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Turkish
Origin
9th Century
c. 1350
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Turkic
Branch
Not Available
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
No early form
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Not Available
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
nucl1301
Linguasphere
No data available
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Malayalam and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Turkish language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Turkish Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.