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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
- 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
Tagalog Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Spanish Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2853
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2341
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumusta
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Salamat
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Kumusta
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
magandang gabi
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Mangyaring
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Paalam
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Mahal kita
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Bikol
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Philippines
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
100,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Mappila
Where They Speak
Philippines
India
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Waray
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Philippines
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
90.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.74 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
45.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
filipino
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
filipino; pilipino
malayalam
German Name
Pilipino
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Filipino 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
Filipino
Malayalam
Language Position
3429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fil
mal
ISO 639 2/B
fil
mal
ISO 639 3
fil
mal
ISO 639 6
fil
mal
Glottocode
fili1244
mala1464
Linguasphere
No Data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic