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Malagasy
Malagasy

Catalan
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

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Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

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Latin

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

2023
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
Hola

Thank You

Misaotra
Gràcies

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Com estàs?

Good Night

Alina tsara
Bona nit

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
Bona tarda

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
Bon dia

Please

azafady
Sisplau

Sorry

Miala tsiny
Perdó!

Bye

Veloma!
Adéu

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
T'estimo

Excuse Me

Azafady
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Caló

Where They Speak

Merina
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Valencian

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Spain

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

-
Spain

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

28
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
català

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

malgache
catalan; valencien

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Catalan people

History

Origin

1000 AD
c. 1028

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Romance

Branch

Indonesian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

8432
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Catalan

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
cat

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
cat

ISO 639 3

mlg
cat

ISO 639 6

mlg
cat

Glottocode

mala1537
stan1289

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-e

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Malagasy and Catalan Alphabets

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

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

Malagasy and Catalan Speaking population

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

Malagasy and Catalan Language Codes

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