Countries
Madagascar
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2143
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2034
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Misaotra
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
azafady
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Veloma!
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Azafady
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Merina
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
malgache
bhojpuri
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
1000 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Bhojpuri
Language Position
8437
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
bho
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
bho
ISO 639 3
mlg
bho
ISO 639 6
mlg
bho
Glottocode
mala1537
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-