1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Philippines
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Philippines
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
1.8 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".
1.9 Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Baybayin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Kamusta ka na?
3.4 Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Magandang gabi
3.5 Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Magandang gabi po
3.6 Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Magandang hapon po
3.7 Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Magandang umaga po
3.8 Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
pakiusap
3.9 Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
pinagsisisihan
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Iniibig kita
3.12 Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Batangas Tagalog
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Batangas, Gabon
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France, kerala
Philippines
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA90,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
38.00 million73.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million28.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Tagalog
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Filipino, Pilipino
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early form
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology