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Filipino

Malagasy
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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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Interesting Facts

  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  • 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

Tagalog Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Spanish Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2821
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

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kumusta
Salama!

Thank You

Salamat
Misaotra

How Are You?

Kumusta
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

magandang gabi
Alina tsara

Good Evening

Magandang gabi
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

Magandang umaga
Maraina tsara

Please

Mangyaring
azafady

Sorry

pinagsisisihan
Miala tsiny

Bye

Paalam
Veloma!

I Love You

Mahal kita
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

patawarin ninyo ako
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bikol
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Philippines
Merina

How Many People Speak

100,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiligaynon
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Philippines
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

8,200,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Waray
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Philippines
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How Many People Speak

2,600,000.0020,000,000.00
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?

90.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.74 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

45.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

45.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

filipino
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Pilipino
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

filipino; pilipino
malgache

German Name

Pilipino
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Filipino people
Malagasy people

History

Origin

16th Century
1000 AD

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
Austronesian

Branch

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Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Filipino
standard Malagasy

Language Position

3484
1 120
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Signed Forms

Filipino Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

No Data Available
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fil
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

fil
mlg

ISO 639 3

fil
mlg

ISO 639 6

fil
mlg

Glottocode

fili1244
mala1537

Linguasphere

No Data Available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

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Filipino and Malagasy Alphabets

Filipino and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Filipino and Malagasy. In Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Filipino and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Filipino and Malagasy languages. The Filipino phonology consist Filipino vowels and Filipino consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Filipino greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Filipino and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Filipino and Malagasy Speaking population

Filipino and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % 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 Filipino and Malagasy on Filipino vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Malagasy Language Codes

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