Countries
Madagascar
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Misaotra
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Alina tsara
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
azafady
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Miala tsiny
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Veloma!
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Azafady
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Merina
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
221
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
malgache
pachto
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Pashtun
Origin
1000 AD
1651
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indonesian
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
8482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
pus
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
pus
ISO 639 3
mlg
pus
ISO 639 6
mlg
pus
Glottocode
mala1537
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional