Countries
Madagascar
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By
-
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2145
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
520
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2025
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
नमस्कार
Thank You
Misaotra
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Alina tsara
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
बोडो
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
azafady
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
दु:खित
Bye
Veloma!
Lwrbw
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Azafady
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Merina
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
-
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.28 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
malgache
bodo
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Bodo
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
1000 AD
1913
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indonesian
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
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Language Position
8430
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
brx
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
brx
ISO 639 3
mlg
brx
ISO 639 6
mlg
brx
Glottocode
mala1537
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
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Language Morphological Typology
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