Looking for practical Swahili to Malayalam (മലയാളം) phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Swahili phrase first, then the Malayalam translation (മലയാളം) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Malayalam.
Tip: focus on one section per day (travel Monday, dining Tuesday, and so on) if you are preparing for a Malayalam-speaking trip in a few weeks.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Habari
നമസ്കാരം(namaskaram)
Asante
നന്ദി(nandi)
Habari ya asubuhi
ശുഭോദയം(shubhodhayam)
Habari ya mchana
ശുഭ വൈകുന്നേരം(shubha vaikunneram)
Habari ya jioni
ശുഭ സന്ധ്യ(shubha sandhya)
Usiku mwema
ശുഭ രാത്രി(shubha raathri)
Tutaonana baadaye
ശേഷം കാണാം(shesham kaanam)
Kwaheri
വിട(vida)
Jina lako nani?
നിന്റെ പേര് എന്താണ്?(ninte per enthanu?)
Jina langu ni John
എന്റെ പേര് ജോൺ ആണ്(ente per John aanu)
Habari gani?
സുഖമാണോ?(sukhamaano?)
Nafurahi kukutana na wewe
നിനക്കു കാണാൻ സന്തോഷം(ninakku kaanaan santhosham)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Unazungumza Kiingereza?
നിങ്ങൾ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് സംസാരിക്കുമോ?(niṅṅaḷ iṅglīṣ saṁsārikkumō?)
Sizungumza Hindi vizuri.
ഞാൻ ഹിന്ദി നല്ല രീതിയിൽ സംസാരിക്കാറില്ല(ñān hindī nalla rīthiyil saṁsārikkāriḷḷa)