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Malayalam vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs 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  
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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
20  
10

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
India  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
11.00 million  
39

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  

History

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
29  
27
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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Malayalam and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Ilocano language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malayalam and Ilocano Language History.

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Malayalam and Ilocano Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malayalam and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Ilocano language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malayalam vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Ilocano Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malayalam and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is 44 weeks.

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