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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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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2151
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2035
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Namaskara
Thank You
Misaotra
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
Alina tsara
yedde rathre
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
yedde kaande
Please
azafady
Daya maltadu
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
Veloma!
Barpe
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
Azafady
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Merina
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Jain
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Girijan
Where They Speak
-
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Tulu
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
malgache
-
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Tuluva
Origin
1000 AD
14
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Tulu
Language Position
8423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
tul
ISO 639 3
mlg
tcy
ISO 639 6
mlg
tcy
Glottocode
mala1537
tulu1258
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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