Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
75.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
swahili
malayalam
German Name
Swahili
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Malayali