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Maithili vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs 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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

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
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
North India   
Sakalava   

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

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
18.00 million   
38

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
14th century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
40   
31
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Object-Subject   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Maithili and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Malagasy language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century 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 Maithili and Malagasy Language History.

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

Maithili vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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