Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
India
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Konkani Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
azafady
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
marathe
  
malgache
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
10th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Marathi and Malagasy 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 Marathi and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Malagasy language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Marathi vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Marathi and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.