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
Swahili-Alphabets.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
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)
  
Bye
bye
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
38.00 million
  
26
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
sw
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Swahili 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 Swahili and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Malayalam language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Swahili vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.