Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Somalia
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Evening Good
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Fadlan
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
caraysiiyo
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Mappila
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
India
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
France, kerala
Native Name
af Soomaali
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
somali
malayalam
German Name
Somali
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Malayali
Origin
19th century
9th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Somali
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
soma1255
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
All Somali and Malayalam 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 Somali and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Malayalam Speaking population
Somali and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Somali and Malayalam on Somali vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Malayalam Language Codes
Somali and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.