Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
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
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 2
Mappila
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
malayalam
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Malayalam
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Malayali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early form
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Malayalam
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ml
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mal
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
mal
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
mal
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1464
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Malayalam and Filipino Speaking population
Malayalam and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is Not Available. 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 Malayalam and Filipino on Malayalam vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Filipino Language Codes
Malayalam and Filipino language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Filipino Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.