Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Malaysia
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
terima kasih
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
sila
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
maaf
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Musi
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Indonesia
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
malais
malayalam
German Name
Malaiisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Malayali
Origin
c. 683 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early form
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1306
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Malaysian and Malayalam 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 Malaysian and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Malayalam language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malaysian and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.