Countries
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
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
Alphabets
5321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4116
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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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
38,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
India
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
North Kana
Where They Speak
France, kerala
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.57 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
38.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
38.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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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
2962
1
120
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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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