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Malagasy vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
21  
3
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

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
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
2  
2
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
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  

History

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
84  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Malagasy and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Sanskrit language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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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.

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