Countries
Madagascar
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
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Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2152
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2036
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Misaotra
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
azafady
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Veloma!
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Azafady
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Merina
Kokan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
-
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
242
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %1.10 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
18.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
malgache
marathe
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Marathi people
Origin
1000 AD
10th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indonesian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Marathi
Language Position
8417
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
mar
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
mar
ISO 639 3
mlg
mar
ISO 639 6
mlg
mar
Glottocode
mala1537
mara1378
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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