Countries
India
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Old German Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3620
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Salama!
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
Misaotra
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Maraina tsara
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
azafady
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Miala tsiny
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
Veloma!
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Not present
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
-
Merina
How Many People Speak
140,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
-
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
140,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
140,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
02
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
14.10 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
14.10 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
sanskrit
malgache
German Name
Sanskrit
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Malagasy people
Origin
2000 B.C.
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
Branch
Indic
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
standard Malagasy
Language Position
2384
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sa
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
san
mlg
ISO 639 3
san
mlg
ISO 639 6
san
mlg
Glottocode
sans1269
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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