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Malayalam and Swedish


Swedish and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

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
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
9  
6

How Many Consonants
41  
30
18  
8

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

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
38,000,000.00  
19
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
India  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
France  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
5.00 million  
99+

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
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
9th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
29  
27
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
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
mal  
swe  

Glottocode
mala1464  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Malayalam and Swedish 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 Swedish dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malayalam and Swedish Speaking population

Malayalam and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Malayalam vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Swedish Language Codes

Malayalam and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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