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Arabic

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Malagasy



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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

231
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • 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

Amharic and Hebrew
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2821
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2820
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
Salama!

Thank You

شكرا
Misaotra

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

تصبح على خير
Alina tsara

Good Evening

مساء الخير
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

صباح الخير
Maraina tsara

Please

من فضلك
azafady

Sorry

آسف
Miala tsiny

Bye

وداعا
Veloma!

I Love You

أحبك
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

اعذرني
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Merina

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Sudan
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
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How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

262
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

arabe
malgache

German Name

Arabisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Malagasy people

History

Origin

512 CE
1000 AD

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Austronesian

Branch

North Arabic
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
standard Malagasy

Language Position

2584
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

ara
mlg

ISO 639 3

ara
mlg

ISO 639 6

ara
mlg

Glottocode

arab1395
mala1537

Linguasphere

12-AAC
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic and Malagasy Alphabets

Arabic and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Malagasy. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Arabic and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Malagasy languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Arabic and Malagasy Speaking population

Arabic and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Malagasy on Arabic vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Malagasy Language Codes

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