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Arabic and Malagasy


Malagasy and Arabic


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
23  
4
1  
14

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  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
30 weeks  
10

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
310,000,000.00  
2
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
-  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
18.00 million  
32

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
25  
23
84  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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