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Malagasy and Khasi


Khasi and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
Kumno  

Thank You
Misaotra  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
khublei  

Please
azafady  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
Map  

Bye
Veloma!  
khublei  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Merina  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
malgache  
khasi  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
-  

Branch
Indonesian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Khasi  

Language Position
84  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
kha  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
kha  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
kha  

Glottocode
mala1537  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Malagasy and Khasi Speaking population

Malagasy and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Malagasy vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Khasi Language Codes

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

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