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Malagasy
Malagasy

Arabic
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

123
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2128
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2028
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

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Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
مرحبا

Thank You

Misaotra
شكرا

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

Alina tsara
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
مساء الخير

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
صباح الخير

Please

azafady
من فضلك

Sorry

Miala tsiny
آسف

Bye

Veloma!
وداعا

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
أحبك

Excuse Me

Azafady
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Merina
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Sudan

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Levantine

Where They Speak

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Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

226
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

malgache
arabe

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Arabs

History

Origin

1000 AD
512 CE

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Semitic

Branch

Indonesian
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

8425
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Arabic

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
ara

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
ara

ISO 639 3

mlg
ara

ISO 639 6

mlg
ara

Glottocode

mala1537
arab1395

Linguasphere

No data available
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Malagasy and Arabic Alphabets

Malagasy and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Arabic. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Malagasy and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Arabic Speaking population

Malagasy and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Malagasy vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Arabic Language Codes

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