Countries
Madagascar
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
12
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, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Urdu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2033
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Misaotra
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
azafady
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
Veloma!
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
Azafady
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Merina
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Marwari
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Bundeli
Where They Speak
-
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
221
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
malgache
hindi
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Hindustani people
Origin
1000 AD
7th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indonesian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Hindi
Language Position
845
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
hin
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
hin
ISO 639 3
mlg
hin
ISO 639 6
mlg
hins
Glottocode
mala1537
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic