Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
hej
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
god morgon
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
malayalam
  
suédois
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
9th Century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available