Countries
India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Not present
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Not Available
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Not present
Mappila
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Dialect 3
Not present
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Not Available
France, kerala
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
sanskrit
malayalam
German Name
Sanskrit
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Malayali
Origin
2000 B.C.
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early form
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Malayalam
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sans1269
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Malayalam language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.