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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
azafady
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
malgache
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Malagasy language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.