Countries
Madagascar
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
China, Mongolia
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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Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2135
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
513
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Misaotra
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
azafady
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
Veloma!
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Azafady
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Merina
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
-
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
28
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.28 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
18.00 million5.70 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
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
malgache
mongol
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Mongols
Origin
1000 AD
1224-1225
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Mongolian
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
8426
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mg
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
mon
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
mon
ISO 639 3
mlg
mon
ISO 639 6
mlg
mon
Glottocode
mala1537
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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