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Malagasy
Malagasy

Amharic
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Ethiopia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2133
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2031
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Ethiopic

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
Selam

Thank You

Misaotra
amesege'nallo'

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Dehina newot?

Good Night

Alina tsara
Dehna dur

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
melkam meshe't

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
i'ndemin walu

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
i'ndemin adäru

Please

azafady
i'bakwon

Sorry

Miala tsiny
aznallehu

Bye

Veloma!
tschao

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
afekirishalehu

Excuse Me

Azafady
yiqirta

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Gondar

Where They Speak

Merina
Gondar

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Gojjami

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0022,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Showa

Where They Speak

-
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

25
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million18.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.37 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million10.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
አማርኛ

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian

French Name

malgache
amharique

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Amharisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[amarɨɲɲa]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Amharas

History

Origin

1000 AD
13th century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Semitic

Branch

Indonesian
Ethiopic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Ge'ez

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Amharic

Language Position

8455
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Amharic

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
am

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
amh

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
amh

ISO 639 3

mlg
amh

ISO 639 6

mlg
amh

Glottocode

mala1537
amha1245

Linguasphere

No data available
12-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
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Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional

Malagasy and Amharic Alphabets

Malagasy and Amharic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Amharic. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Malagasy and Amharic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Amharic languages. The Malagasy phonology consist Malagasy vowels and Malagasy consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malagasy greetings vs Amharic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Amharic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Amharic Speaking population

Malagasy and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Malagasy and Amharic on Malagasy vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Amharic Language Codes

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