Countries
Madagascar
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Middle East
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
azafady
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malgache
  
kurde
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Kurds
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Malagasy and Kurdish Speaking population
Malagasy and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malagasy and Kurdish on Malagasy vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Kurdish Language Codes
Malagasy and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.