Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Madagascar
National Language
Germany
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
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Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
gute Nacht
Alina tsara
Good Evening
guten Abend
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Maraina tsara
Sorry
Verzeihung
Miala tsiny
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Azafady
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Merina
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Germany
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Texas German
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Where They Speak
Texas
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How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Deutsch
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
allemand
malgache
German Name
Deutsch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
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Ethnicity
Germans
Malagasy people
Origin
6th Century AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Austronesian
Branch
Western
Indonesian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Signed German
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
deus
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Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
mala1537
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All German 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 German and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of German and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Malagasy Speaking population
German and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of German and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Malagasy on German vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Malagasy Language Codes
German and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.