Countries
Madagascar
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
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Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
Salama!
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Misaotra
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
azafady
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Azafady
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Merina
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Mappila
Where They Speak
Sakalava
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Not Available
France, kerala
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
malgache
malayalam
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Malayali
Origin
1000 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Not Available
Branch
Indonesian
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Malayalam
Signed Forms
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mala1537
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Malagasy and Malayalam 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 Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malagasy and Malayalam Speaking population
Malagasy and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Malagasy vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Malayalam Language Codes
Malagasy and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.