Countries
Madagascar
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2121
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2016
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks3 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salama!
Hoy
Thank You
Misaotra
Salamat
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Maayong Buntag
Please
azafady
Palihug
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Veloma!
Babay
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Azafady
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Boholano
Where They Speak
Merina
Bohol
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Sakalava
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
North Kana
Where They Speak
-
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Visayan
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
malgache
cebuano
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Cebuano people
Origin
1000 AD
16th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
8462
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
ceb
ISO 639 3
mlg
ceb
ISO 639 6
mlg
ceb
Glottocode
mala1537
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-