Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
- 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.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
Ẹ n lẹ
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Jowo
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
binu
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
bye
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
yoruba
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
4 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic
  
Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Malayalam language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.