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Persian and Malagasy


Malagasy and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Salama!  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Maraina tsara  

Please
لطفا  
azafady  

Sorry
متاسف  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Veloma!  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
Not Available  

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.28 %  
40

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
18.00 million  
38

Native Name
فارسی  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
persan  
malgache  

German Name
Persisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Austronesian  

Branch
Iranian  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
23  
19
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
pes  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Persian and Malagasy Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Persian and Malagasy Speaking population

Persian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Malagasy on Persian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Malagasy Language Codes

Persian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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