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
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
أحبك
Tiako ianao.
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Merina
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Sudan
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Levantine
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
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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
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Austronesian
Branch
North Arabic
Indonesian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
arab1395
mala1537
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
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 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.