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Malagasy and Gujarati


Gujarati and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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
Not Available   
NA   

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
Not Available   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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
5,000,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
50.00 million   
22

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
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Gujaratis   

History

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
84   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Malagasy and Gujarati Speaking population

Malagasy and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Malagasy and Gujarati on Malagasy vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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