Countries
India
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
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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
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4721
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3120
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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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
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
46,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
82
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.74 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
50.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
55.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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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
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
2384
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
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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