Countries
European Union, Malta
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Malta
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
- 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
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ħello
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
Malti
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
maltais
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Malayali
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Malayalam
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Maltese 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 Maltese and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Malayalam language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maltese vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Maltese vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese 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 Maltese and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.