Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4120
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Kablaaw
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Kumusta?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
mangngegda
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Agpakawanak
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Pakada
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Balangao
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Philippines
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Mappila
Bontoc
Where They Speak
India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Not present
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Not present
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ilokano
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
malayalam
ilocano
German Name
Malayalam
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Ilocano people
Origin
9th Century
18th Century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
2994
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
mal
ilo
ISO 639 3
mal
ilo
ISO 639 6
mal
ilo
Glottocode
mala1464
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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