Countries
South Africa
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-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
Molo
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Ndicela
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
xhosa
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Malayali
  
Origin
16th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Malayalam
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Malayalam language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.