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Urdu vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
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Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Salama!  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Maraina tsara  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
azafady  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
الوداع  
Veloma!  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
India  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
India  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
-  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
اُردُو  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
ourdou  
malgache  

German Name
Urdu  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Austronesian  

Branch
Indic  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
20  
18
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
urd  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
urd  
mlg  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Object-Subject  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
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Urdu and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Malagasy language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Malagasy Language History.

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

Urdu vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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