Countries
Countries
Madagascar
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Not Available
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3NA
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
NANA
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Salama!
Henda ho
Thank You
Misaotra
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
-9999
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Boge Setak’
Please
azafady
-9999
Sorry
Miala tsiny
-9999
Bye
Veloma!
-9999
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
-9999
Excuse Me
Azafady
-9999
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Mahali
Where They Speak
Merina
India
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Not present
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Not Available
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00NA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
-9999
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
21
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
NA6.30 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million6.30 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
malgache
santal
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
History
Origin
1000 AD
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Not Available
Branch
Indonesian
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Santali
Language Position
84NA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mg
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
sat
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
sat
ISO 639 3
mlg
sat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1537
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available