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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5328
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4123
9
60
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Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Kumusta
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Salamat
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Kumusta
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
magandang gabi
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Magandang umaga
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Mangyaring
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Paalam
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Bikol
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Philippines
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Mappila
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Waray
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Philippines
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
38.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %1.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
38.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
filipino
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Pilipino
French Name
malayalam
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Malayalam
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Filipino people
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
Filipino
Language Position
2934
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mal
fil
ISO 639 2/B
mal
fil
ISO 639 3
mal
fil
ISO 639 6
mal
fil
Glottocode
mala1464
fili1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-