Countries
Philippines
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- 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
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Not available
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
Pakada
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
ilokano
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
ilocano
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
18th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Ilocano 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 Ilocano and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Malayalam language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano 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 Ilocano and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.