Finnish and Malagasy
Countries
European Union, Finland
Madagascar
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Kiitos
Misaotra
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Maraina tsara
Sorry
Anteeksi
Miala tsiny
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Azafady
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Finland
Merina
Dialect 2
Rauma
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
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Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Suomi
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
finnois
malgache
German Name
Finnisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Malagasy people
Language Family
Uralic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Austronesian
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
finn1318
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Finnish 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 Finnish and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Malagasy Speaking population
Finnish and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Malagasy on Finnish vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Malagasy Language Codes
Finnish and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.