Countries
Indonesia
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2721
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Salama!
Thank You
matur nuwun
Misaotra
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Maraina tsara
Please
matur nuwun
azafady
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Miala tsiny
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Veloma!
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Azafady
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Merina
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Cirebon
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arekan
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
162
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
82.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.25 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
76.00 million18.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
82.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
basa Jawa
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
javanais
malgache
German Name
Javanisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Malagasy people
Origin
450 AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
standard Malagasy
Language Position
1184
1
120
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Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
jv
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jav
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
jav
mlg
ISO 639 3
jav
mlg
ISO 639 6
jav
mlg
Glottocode
java1253
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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