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Malayalam and Cebuano


Cebuano and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
16  
6

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Hoy  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Salamat  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Palihug  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Babay  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Bohol  

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

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
India  
southern Leyte  

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

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
northern part of Leyte  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
malayalam  
cebuano  

German Name
Malayalam  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
29  
27
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
mal  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
mal  
ceb  

Glottocode
mala1464  
cebu1242  

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

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Malayalam and Cebuano Speaking population

Malayalam and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Malayalam and Cebuano on Malayalam vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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