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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Commission on the Filipino Language
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- 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, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3253
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
615
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2041
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kablaaw
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Agyamanak
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Kumusta?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
mangngegda
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Agpakawanak
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Pakada
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Ayayatenka
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Balangao
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Philippines
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
21,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bontoc
Mappila
Where They Speak
Philippines
India
How Many People Speak
41,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Not present
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
ilocano
malayalam
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Malayali
Origin
18th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Malayalam
Language Position
9429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
mal
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
mal
ISO 639 3
ilo
mal
ISO 639 6
ilo
mal
Glottocode
ilok1237
mala1464
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic