Countries
Madagascar
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2148
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2039
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
dobry dzień
Thank You
Misaotra
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Dabranač
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Dobraj ranicy
Please
azafady
Kali laska
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Vybačajcie
Bye
Veloma!
da pabačennia
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Azafady
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Merina
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Sakalava
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
-
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
malgache
biélorusse
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Belarusians
Origin
1000 AD
18th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Slavic
Branch
Indonesian
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Belarusian
Language Position
8479
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
bel
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
bel
ISO 639 3
mlg
bel
ISO 639 6
mlg
bel
Glottocode
mala1537
bela1254
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
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Language Morphological Typology
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