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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

71
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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Interesting Facts

  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  • 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

French and Portuguese Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2121
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1620
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

ciao
Salama!

Thank You

grazie
Misaotra

How Are You?

Come stai?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

buonanotte
Alina tsara

Good Evening

buonasera
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

buongiorno
Maraina tsara

Please

Per Favore
azafady

Sorry

scusate
Miala tsiny

Bye

arrivederci
Veloma!

I Love You

Ti amo
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Scusami
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Lazio
Merina

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
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How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

152
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Italiano
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

italien
malgache

German Name

Italienisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Italians
Malagasy people

History

Origin

960 BC
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Romance
Austronesian

Branch

-
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Italian
standard Malagasy

Language Position

2784
1 120
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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

it
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

ita
mlg

ISO 639 3

ita
mlg

ISO 639 6

itas
mlg

Glottocode

ital1282
mala1537

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
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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Italian and Malagasy Alphabets

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

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

Italian and Malagasy Speaking population

Italian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Malagasy on Italian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Malagasy Language Codes

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