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Tagalog vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs 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
Not Available   
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   
11
44 weeks   
11

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   

Dialect 2
Bisalog   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
India   

Dialect 3
Filipino   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
France, kerala   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

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 %   
32
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
Not Available   

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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Tagalog people   
Malayali   

History

Origin
1593   
9th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Malayalam   

Language Position
58   
99+
29   
24

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Tagalog and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Malayalam language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 whereas history of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Tagalog and Malayalam Language History.

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Tagalog and Malayalam 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 Tagalog and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Malayalam language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tagalog vs Malayalam Difficulty

The Tagalog vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Tagalog and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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