Countries
Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Old Norse Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
159
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4118
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
hej
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
tacka dig
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
hur mår du
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
godnatt
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
god kväll
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
god morgon
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
vänligen
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
ledsen
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
hej då
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
ursäkta mig
Dialects
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Dialects
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Gabon
How Many People Speak
NA78,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Dialects
Where They Speak
India
Georgia
How Many People Speak
NA78,000,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Dialects
Where They Speak
France, kerala
France
How Many People Speak
NA96,000,000.00
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
379
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million15.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.13 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million8.70 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
NA5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Svenska
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
malayalam
suédois
German Name
Malayalam
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Swedes, Finland Swedes
History
Origin
9th Century
13th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Swedish
Language Position
2989
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ml
sv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
swe
ISO 639 2/B
mal
swe
ISO 639 3
mal
swe
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
swed1254
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available