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Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
21  
3
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
20  
10
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
-  
Bundelkhand  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
120.00 million  
6

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  

History

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
84  
99+
5  
5

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Malagasy and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Hindi language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malagasy and Hindi Language History.

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Malagasy and Hindi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malagasy and Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Hindi language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malagasy vs Hindi Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Hindi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malagasy and Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is 30 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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