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Tagalog and Malayalam


Malayalam and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Philippines  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • 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".
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
18  
8
41  
30

Scripts
Baybayin  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
Salamat po  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
pakiusap  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
Paálam  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
India  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
Tagalog  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
tagalog  
malayalam  

German Name
Tagalog  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Malayali  

History

Origin
1593  
9th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Malayalam  

Language Position
58  
99+
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
mal  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
mal  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
mal  

Glottocode
taga1269  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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All Tagalog and Malayalam Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Tagalog and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Tagalog and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Tagalog are spoken in different Tagalog Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Tagalog vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog, Bisalog. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Tagalog and Malayalam Speaking population

Tagalog and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Tagalog and Malayalam on Tagalog vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tagalog and Malayalam Language Codes

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