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Malayalam vs Swedish


Swedish vs 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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Malayalam and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Swedish language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malayalam and Swedish Language History.

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Malayalam and Swedish 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 Malayalam and Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Swedish language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malayalam vs Swedish Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Swedish 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 Malayalam and Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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