Countries
India
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
India
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Not Available
  
azafady
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
oriya
  
malgache
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
3 BC
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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
  
Oriya 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 Oriya and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Malagasy language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Oriya vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya 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 Oriya and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.