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Malagasy vs Nepali


Nepali vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Misaotra   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
azafady   
कृपया   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Veloma!   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
malgache   
népalais   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
19 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indonesian   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Nepali   

Language Position
84   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
nep   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Malagasy and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Nepali language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malagasy and Nepali Language History.

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Malagasy and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Nepali language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malagasy vs Nepali Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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