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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
34
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5324
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
155
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4121
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
23
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Habari
3.2 Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Asante
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Habari gani?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Usiku mwema
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Habari za jioni
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
nzuri Alasiri
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Habari za asubuhi
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
tafadhali
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
pole
3.10 Bye
വിട (viṭa)
bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
nakupenda
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Samahani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Kiunguja
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Zanzibar island
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Mappila
Kimrima
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Dar es Salaam
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Kimgao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Kilwa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
312
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million150.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.57 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million15.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
5.3.4 French Name
malayalam
swahili
5.3.5 German Name
Malayalam
Swahili
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Malayali
Swahili people or Waswahili
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
6th century
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Malayalam
Swahili
6.3.3 Language Position
29NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ml
sw
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mal
swa
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mal
swa
7.3 ISO 639 3
mal
swa
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mala1464
swah1254
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available

Malayalam and Swahili Alphabets

Malayalam and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malayalam and Swahili. In Malayalam Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Malayalam and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malayalam and Swahili languages. The Malayalam phonology consist Malayalam vowels and Malayalam consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malayalam greetings vs Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malayalam and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

All Malayalam and Swahili 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 Malayalam and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Malayalam and Swahili Speaking population

Malayalam and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Malayalam and Swahili on Malayalam vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Swahili Language Codes

Malayalam and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.