Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Molo
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Molo
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
India
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
malayalam
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
9th Century
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Xhosa language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.