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Malayalam vs Somali


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Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Somalia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Hello  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Fadlan  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
sorry  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
India  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Standard Somali  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
Not Available  

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
malayalam  
somali  

German Name
Malayalam  
Somali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Somalis  

History

Origin
9th Century  
19th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Cushitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Somali  

Language Position
29  
24
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
som  

ISO 639 3
mal  
som  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Malayalam and Somali Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Somali language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malayalam and Somali Language History.

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Malayalam and Somali 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 Malayalam and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Somali language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malayalam vs Somali Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Somali 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 Malayalam and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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