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Malagasy and Nepali


Nepali and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
azafady  
कृपया  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Veloma!  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
-  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
malgache  
népalais  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indonesian  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Nepali  

Language Position
84  
99+
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
nep  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
npi  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
nep  

Glottocode
mala1537  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Malagasy and Nepali Speaking population

Malagasy and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Malagasy vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Nepali Language Codes

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

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