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Nepali vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Salama!  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Misaotra  

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Maraina tsara  

Please
कृपया  
azafady  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Veloma!  

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Merina  

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

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Sakalava  

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

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Fiteny Malagasy  

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

French Name
népalais  
malgache  

German Name
Nepali  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Austronesian  

Branch
Indic  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
59  
99+
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
npi  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
nep  
mlg  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Nepali and Malagasy Language History

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

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

Nepali vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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