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Luri and Malagasy


Malagasy and Luri


Countries

Countries
Iran  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Iran  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica  
Africa  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  
  • 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
Persian  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks  
7
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hello  
Salama!  

Thank You
Thank you  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
how are you  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
Good night  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
Good evening  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
Good morning  
Maraina tsara  

Please
Please  
azafady  

Sorry
sorry  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
bye  
Veloma!  

I Love You
i love you  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
excuse me  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Feyli lurish  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bakhtiari  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Iran  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Laki  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Iran  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.00 %  
99+
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.00 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
89.00 million  
10
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
nanme  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
louri  
malgache  

German Name
-  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Lurs  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Austronesian  

Branch
Indic  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
gd  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
gd  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
23  
21
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
12  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lrc  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
lrc  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
12  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
lrc  
mlg  

Glottocode
12  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Luri and Malagasy Speaking population

Luri and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Luri and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Luri and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 % 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 Luri and Malagasy on Luri vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Luri and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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