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Afrikaans and Malagasy

Countries

Countries

South Africa
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts

  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  • 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

Dutch Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Dutch Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3221
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

155
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1720
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Salama!

Thank You

Dankie
Misaotra

How Are You?

Hoe gaan dit
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

goeie nag
Alina tsara

Good Evening

Goeienaand
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Goeie middag
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

goeie more
Maraina tsara

Please

asseblief
azafady

Sorry

jammer
Miala tsiny

Bye

Totsiens
Veloma!

I Love You

Ek het jou lief
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Verskoon my
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kaapse Afrikaans
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

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Merina

How Many People Speak

7,700,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Oranjeriverafrikaans
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

-
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

7,700,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Baster Afrikaans
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Namibia
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How Many People Speak

7.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

32
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

19.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.10 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.30 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afrikaans
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Cape Dutch
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

afrikaans
malgache

German Name

Afrikaans
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Afrikaners
Malagasy people

History

Origin

17th Century
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Austronesian

Branch

Western
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Afrikaans
standard Malagasy

Language Position

2384
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

af
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

afr
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

afr
mlg

ISO 639 3

afr
mlg

ISO 639 6

afrs
mlg

Glottocode

afri1274
mala1537

Linguasphere

52-ACB-ba
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic
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Afrikaans and Malagasy Alphabets

Afrikaans and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Afrikaans and Malagasy. In Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Afrikaans and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Afrikaans and Malagasy languages. The Afrikaans phonology consist Afrikaans vowels and Afrikaans consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Afrikaans greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Afrikaans and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Afrikaans and Malagasy Speaking population

Afrikaans and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % 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 Afrikaans and Malagasy on Afrikaans vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Malagasy Language Codes

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