Countries
India, Nepal
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Nepal
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
कृपया
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Nepal
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Mappila
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
India
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Nepal
France, kerala
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
népalais
malayalam
German Name
Nepali
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Malayali
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early form
Standard Forms
Nepali
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
mala1464
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Nepali and Malayalam Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Malayalam Speaking population
Nepali and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Malayalam on Nepali vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Malayalam Language Codes
Nepali and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.