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Malagasy vs Nepali


Nepali vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
azafady  
कृपया  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Veloma!  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
-  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
malgache  
népalais  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indonesian  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Nepali  

Language Position
84  
99+
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
nep  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
npi  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
nep  

Glottocode
mala1537  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Malagasy and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Nepali language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Nepali Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is 30 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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