Countries
Madagascar
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Bengali Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2147
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2031
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Misaotra
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
azafady
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
Veloma!
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
Azafady
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Merina
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Sakalava
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Surati
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
28
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.28 %0.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
18.00 million50.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
malgache
goudjrati
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Gujaratis
Origin
1000 AD
15
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indonesian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
8423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
guj
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
guj
ISO 639 3
mlg
guj
ISO 639 6
mlg
guj
Glottocode
mala1537
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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