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Gujarati and Malagasy


Malagasy and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
47  
27
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Salama!  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
Maraina tsara  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
azafady  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Veloma!  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
goudjrati  
malgache  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
15  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Austronesian  

Branch
Indic  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
23  
21
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
guj  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
guj  
mlg  

Glottocode
guja1252  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Gujarati and Malagasy 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 Gujarati and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Malagasy Speaking population

Gujarati and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Gujarati and Malagasy on Gujarati vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Malagasy Language Codes

Gujarati and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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