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Nepali vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Salama!   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Misaotra   

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Maraina tsara   

Please
कृपया   
azafady   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Veloma!   

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Merina   

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

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Sakalava   

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

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
18.00 million   
38

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Fiteny Malagasy   

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

French Name
népalais   
malgache   

German Name
Nepali   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
19 BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Austronesian   

Branch
Indic   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
59   
99+
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
npi   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
12   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Nepali and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Malagasy language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Nepali and Malagasy Language History.

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

Nepali vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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