Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
India
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
- 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
Konkani Language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
marathe
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
10th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Marathi 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 Marathi and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Malayalam language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Marathi vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.