Countries
Madagascar
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
azafady
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
malgache
  
marathe
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
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 Marathi Speaking population
Malagasy and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Malagasy vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Marathi Language Codes
Malagasy and Marathi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Marathi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.