Countries
Madagascar
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Silaw
Thank You
Misaotra
Sipas
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Bayanit bash
Please
azafady
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Bibûre
Bye
Veloma!
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Azafady
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Merina
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
-
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.31 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
malgache
kurde
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Kurds
Origin
1000 AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indonesian
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Kurdish
Language Position
8414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mg
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
kur
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
kur
ISO 639 3
mlg
kur
ISO 639 6
mlg
kur
Glottocode
mala1537
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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