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