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Malagasy and Konkani


Konkani 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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

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   
Not Available   

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
7.40 million   
99+

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
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Kokani   

Language Position
84   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Malagasy and Konkani Speaking population

Malagasy and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Malagasy vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Konkani Language Codes

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

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