Countries
Estonia, European Union
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
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Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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
Finnish
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2721
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
95
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Tere
Salama!
Thank You
aitäh
Misaotra
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Head ööd
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Maraina tsara
Please
Palun
azafady
Sorry
Vabandust
Miala tsiny
Bye
Head aega
Veloma!
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Azafady
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Merina
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Idamurre
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
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How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
82
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.10 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.95 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
1.10 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
eesti keel
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
estonien
malgache
German Name
Estnisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Malagasy people
Origin
13th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Uralic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Austronesian
Branch
Finnic
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
standard Malagasy
Language Position
2284
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
et
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
est
mlg
ISO 639 3
est
mlg
ISO 639 6
est
mlg
Glottocode
esto1258
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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