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Countries

Countries

Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
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Interesting Facts

  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  • 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

Norwegian and Swedish
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2921
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

205
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
Salama!

Thank You

Mange tak
Misaotra

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

God nat
Alina tsara

Good Evening

God aften
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

God morgen
Maraina tsara

Please

Please
azafady

Sorry

Undskyld!
Miala tsiny

Bye

Farvel
Veloma!

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Sweden
Merina

How Many People Speak

80,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Denmark
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
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How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

42
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

danois
malgache

German Name

Dänisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Malagasy people

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

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Austronesian

Branch

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Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
standard Malagasy

Language Position

1884
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

da
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

dan
mlg

ISO 639 3

dan
mlg

ISO 639 6

dan
mlg

Glottocode

dani1284
mala1537

Linguasphere

5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Danish and Malagasy Alphabets

Danish and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Danish and Malagasy. In Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Danish and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Danish and Malagasy languages. The Danish phonology consist Danish vowels and Danish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Danish greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Danish and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Danish and Malagasy Speaking population

Danish and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % 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 Danish and Malagasy on Danish vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Malagasy Language Codes

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