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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Marathi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2152
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2036
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Namaskar
Thank You
Misaotra
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
kaso assa?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
azafady
Chike
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Maf kor
Bye
Veloma!
Adeus
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
Azafady
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Antruz
Where They Speak
Merina
Goa
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Not present
Where They Speak
Sakalava
-
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.002,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Not present
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
21
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
malgache
konkani
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Konkani
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Konkanis
Origin
1000 AD
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Kokani
Language Position
8423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mg
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
kok
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
kok
ISO 639 3
mlg
kok
ISO 639 6
mlg
kok
Glottocode
mala1537
goan1235
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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