Countries
Madagascar
  
India
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
India
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
azafady
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
malgache
  
oriya
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Odias
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Malagasy and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Oriya language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Oriya Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.