Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Philippines
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
Kamusta
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Salamat po
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Magandang umaga po
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
pakiusap
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
pinagsisisihan
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Batangas, Gabon
Dialect 2
Mappila
Bisalog
Where They Speak
India
Philippines
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Filipino
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
malayalam
tagalog
German Name
Malayalam
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Not Available
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Tagalog people
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Filipino
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
taga1269
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CKA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Malayalam and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Tagalog language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.