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Cebuano and Malayalam


Malayalam and Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
16  
6
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks  
1
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Bohol  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
28
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Southern Kana  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
southern Leyte  
India  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
North Kana  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million  
35
38.00 million  
23

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  

History

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
62  
99+
29  
27

Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Cebuano and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cebuano are spoken in different Cebuano Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cebuano vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cebuano dialects include: Boholano, Southern Kana. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cebuano and Malayalam Speaking population

Cebuano and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % 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 Cebuano and Malayalam on Cebuano vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Malayalam Language Codes

Cebuano and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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