Countries
Madagascar
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
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Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
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Hello
Salama!
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
azafady
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
malgache
  
maithili
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
mala1537
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
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All Malagasy and Maithili Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malagasy and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malagasy and Maithili Speaking population
Malagasy and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Malagasy vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Maithili Language Codes
Malagasy and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.