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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
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Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- 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
Marathi
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3620
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskar
Salama!
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
Misaotra
How Are You?
kaso assa?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
Maraina tsara
Please
Chike
azafady
Sorry
Maf kor
Miala tsiny
Bye
Adeus
Veloma!
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
Azafady
Dialect 1
Antruz
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Goa
Merina
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
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Sakalava
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
7.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
12
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
8.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
konkani
malgache
German Name
Konkani
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Malagasy people
Origin
1209 A.D.
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kokani
standard Malagasy
Language Position
2384
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kok
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
kok
mlg
ISO 639 3
kok
mlg
ISO 639 6
kok
mlg
Glottocode
goan1235
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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