Countries
Madagascar
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
517
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2027
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Misaotra
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Hach ch'i
Please
azafady
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Miala tsiny
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Veloma!
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Azafady
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Merina
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Poguli
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Rambani
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.28 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
18.00 million5.42 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
malgache
kashmiri
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
1000 AD
12th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indonesian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Kashmiri
Language Position
8423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
kas
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
kas
ISO 639 3
mlg
kas
ISO 639 6
mlg
kas
Glottocode
mala1537
kash1277
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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