Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Wales
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Wales
  
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
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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.
  
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Helô
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Bore da
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
malayalam
  
gallois
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Malayalam and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Welsh language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Welsh Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.