Countries
Madagascar
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
-
-
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Old German Language
Derived From
-
Prakrit 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 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Misaotra
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Alina tsara
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
azafady
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Veloma!
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
Azafady
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Not present
Where They Speak
Merina
-
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Not present
Where They Speak
Sakalava
-
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Not present
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
20
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
malgache
sanskrit
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
1000 AD
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indonesian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Sanskrit
Language Position
8423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
-
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
san
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
san
ISO 639 3
mlg
san
ISO 639 6
mlg
san
Glottocode
mala1537
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic