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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Sudan
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Levantine
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Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
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How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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/
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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
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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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 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 Arabic and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Malagasy language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Arabic vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.