Countries
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
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2141
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Habari
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Asante
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
tafadhali
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
pole
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
bye
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
nakupenda
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Samahani
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Mappila
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
India
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Kilwa
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million38.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NA0.57 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million38.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
-9999
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
swahili
malayalam
German Name
Swahili
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Malayali
History
Origin
6th century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Swahili
Malayalam
Language Position
NA29
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
sw
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
mal
ISO 639 2/B
swa
mal
ISO 639 3
swa
mal
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
mala1464
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic