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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
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

65
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

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Salama!

Thank You

Merci
Misaotra

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Alina tsara

Good Evening

bonsoir
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

Bonjour
Maraina tsara

Please

S'il vous plaît
azafady

Sorry

désolé
Miala tsiny

Bye

au revoir
Veloma!

I Love You

Je t'aime
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Merina

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Africa
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
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How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

252
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Français
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

français
malgache

German Name

Französisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

French people
Malagasy people

History

Origin

9th Century
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Romance
Austronesian

Branch

-
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
standard Malagasy

Language Position

1384
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

fre
mlg

ISO 639 3

fra
mlg

ISO 639 6

fras
mlg

Glottocode

stan1290
mala1537

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Malagasy Alphabets

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

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

French and Malagasy Speaking population

French and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of French and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Malagasy on French vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Malagasy Language Codes

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