Countries
Madagascar
  
Meghalaya
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
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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.
  
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Latin
  
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Kumno
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Khublei
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Kumno phi long?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
thia sukh
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
babha janmiet
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
babha noph-phai-sngi
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
khublei
  
Please
azafady
  
Sngewbha
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Map
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
khublei
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
ieit ieit
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
map a nga
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Bhoi
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Nonglung
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Cherrapunji
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
0.84 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
0.84 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
  
French Name
malgache
  
khasi
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Khasi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Khasi people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
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Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Khasi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
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Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
kha
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
kha
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
kha
  
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mala1537
  
khas1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Malagasy and Khasi 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 Malagasy and Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Khasi language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Khasi Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Khasi 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 Malagasy and Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Khasi time required is Not Available.