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Malagasy vs Konkani


Konkani vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Misaotra  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
azafady  
Chike  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
Maf kor  

Bye
Veloma!  
Adeus  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
malgache  
konkani  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
-  

Branch
Indonesian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Kokani  

Language Position
84  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
kok  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
kok  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
kok  

Glottocode
mala1537  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Malagasy and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Konkani language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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Malagasy and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Konkani language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malagasy vs Konkani Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is 30 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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