Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Asante
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
tafadhali
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
pole
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
nakupenda
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Samahani
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Mappila
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
India
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Kilwa
France, kerala
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
swahili
malayalam
German Name
Swahili
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Malayali
Origin
6th century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Swahili
Malayalam
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
mala1464
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Swahili and Malayalam 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 Swahili and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Malayalam Speaking population
Swahili and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Swahili and Malayalam on Swahili vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Malayalam Language Codes
Swahili and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.