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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2621
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2120
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Salama!

Thank You

Thank you
Misaotra

How Are You?

How are you?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Good Night
Alina tsara

Good Evening

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

Good Morning
Maraina tsara

Please

Please
azafady

Sorry

Sorry
Miala tsiny

Bye

Bye
Veloma!

I Love You

I love you
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

United States of America
Merina

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
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How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1882
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

English
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

anglais
malgache

German Name

Englisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

English people
Malagasy people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

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Austronesian

Branch

-
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
standard Malagasy

Language Position

384
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

en
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

eng
mlg

ISO 639 3

eng
mlg

ISO 639 6

engs
mlg

Glottocode

stan1293
mala1537

Linguasphere

52-ABA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Malagasy Alphabets

English and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Malagasy. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn English and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Malagasy languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Malagasy Speaking population

English and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of English and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Malagasy on English vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Malagasy Language Codes

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