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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

61
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts

  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  • 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

Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2721
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2320
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hola
Salama!

Thank You

Gràcies
Misaotra

How Are You?

Com estàs?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Bona nit
Alina tsara

Good Evening

Bona nit
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

Bon dia
Maraina tsara

Please

Sisplau
azafady

Sorry

Perdó!
Miala tsiny

Bye

Adéu
Veloma!

I Love You

T'estimo
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
Merina

How Many People Speak

440,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Spain
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Spain
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How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

82
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

catalan; valencien
malgache

German Name

Katalanisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Catalan people
Malagasy people

History

Origin

c. 1028
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Romance
Austronesian

Branch

-
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
standard Malagasy

Language Position

3284
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

cat
mlg

ISO 639 3

cat
mlg

ISO 639 6

cat
mlg

Glottocode

stan1289
mala1537

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

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Catalan and Malagasy Alphabets

Catalan and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Malagasy. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Catalan and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Malagasy languages. The Catalan phonology consist Catalan vowels and Catalan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Catalan greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Catalan and Malagasy Speaking population

Catalan and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % 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 Catalan and Malagasy on Catalan vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Malagasy Language Codes

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