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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
azafady
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malgache
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Malagasy and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Sanskrit language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.