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Gujarati vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs 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
NA   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Western Malagasy   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
18.00 million   
38

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]   
Not Available   

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   
19
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Gujarati and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Gujarati vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Gujarati and Malagasy language. History of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Gujarati and Malagasy Language History.

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Gujarati and Malagasy 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 Gujarati and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Malagasy language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Gujarati vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Gujarati vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Gujarati and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.

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