Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Yoruba Academy
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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
e dupe
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
e kaasan
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
e kaaro
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Jowo
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
binu
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
malayalam
yoruba
German Name
Malayalam
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malayali
Yoruba people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Malayalam and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Yoruba language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.