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
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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 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Marathi language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Marathi Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.