Cantonese and Malagasy
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Madagascar
National Language
China, Guangdong
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
晚安
Alina tsara
Good Evening
晚上好
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
下午好
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
早上好
Maraina tsara
I Love You
我爱你
Tiako ianao.
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Merina
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
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Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
cantonais
malgache
German Name
Kantonesisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Malagasy people
Origin
17th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Malagasy Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
mg
ISO 639 3
No data available
mlg
Glottocode
cant1236
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Malagasy Speaking population
Cantonese and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Malagasy on Cantonese vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Malagasy Language Codes
Cantonese and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.