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Italian and Malagasy


Malagasy and Italian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

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)  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

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
3,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
-  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
18.00 million  
32

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
27  
25
84  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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