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Malagasy
Malagasy

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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
France, Spain

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee

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.
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Spanish

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2127
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
Kaixo

Thank You

Misaotra
Eskerrik asko

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Zer moduz?

Good Night

Alina tsara
Gabon

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
Arratsalde on

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
Arratsalde on

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
Egun on

Please

azafady
Mesedez

Sorry

Miala tsiny
Barkatu

Bye

Veloma!
Agur

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Maite zaitut

Excuse Me

Azafady
Barkatu

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Navarro-Lapurdian

Where They Speak

Merina
France

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Souletin

Where They Speak

Sakalava
France, Soule, Spain

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.008,700.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Biscayan

Where They Speak

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Spain

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00750,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

26
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million7.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million7.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
Euskara

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense

French Name

malgache
basque

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Baskisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[bɑːsk]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Basque people

History

Origin

1000 AD
c. 1000

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Vasconic Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
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Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Basque

Language Position

8430
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Basque Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
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Code

ISO 639 1

mg
eu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
eus

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
baq

ISO 639 3

mlg
eus

ISO 639 6

mlg
eus

Glottocode

mala1537
basq1248

Linguasphere

No data available
40-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
-

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Malagasy and Basque Alphabets

Malagasy and Basque Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Basque. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Basque Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Malagasy and Basque languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Basque 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 Basque greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Basque are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Basque Speaking population

Malagasy and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Malagasy vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Basque Language Codes

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