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Filipino vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs Filipino


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
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

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

Alphabets
28  
10
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
23  
13
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
India  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Waray  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
38.00 million  
23

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  

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
Filipino  
Malayalam  

Language Position
34  
32
29  
27

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Filipino and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Malayalam language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Filipino and Malayalam Language History.

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Filipino and Malayalam Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Filipino and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Malayalam language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Filipino vs Malayalam Difficulty

The Filipino vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino Alphabets and Malayalam Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Filipino and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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