Countries
India, Nepal
  
Madagascar
  
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 in
Nepali-Alphabets.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
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
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.