Countries
Philippines
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1641
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Salamat
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Palihug
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Babay
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Boholano
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Bohol
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Mappila
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
India
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
21.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.50 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
cebuano
malayalam
German Name
Cebuano
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Malayali
Origin
16th century
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Malayalam
Language Position
6229
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
mal
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
mal
ISO 639 3
ceb
mal
ISO 639 6
ceb
mal
Glottocode
cebu1242
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic