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Maithili and Malagasy


Malagasy and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
Nepal  
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
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  
  • 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
Bhojpuri Language  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Salama!  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Maraina tsara  

Please
kripaya  
azafady  

Sorry
maf karai  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
Alavidā  
Veloma!  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
North India  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
-  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
maithili  
malgache  

German Name
Maithili  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
14th century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Austronesian  

Branch
-  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
40  
37
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
mai  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
mai  
mlg  

Glottocode
mait1250  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Object-Subject  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Maithili and Malagasy Speaking population

Maithili and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % 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 Maithili and Malagasy on Maithili vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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