Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
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 in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Origin
9th Century
19th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Somali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Malayalam and Somali 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 Malayalam and Somali dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Somali Speaking population
Malayalam and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Malayalam and Somali on Malayalam vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Somali Language Codes
Malayalam and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.