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Malagasy
Malagasy

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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Zulu language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2131
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2018
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
Moni

Thank You

Misaotra
Zikomo

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

Alina tsara
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
Masana abwino

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
M'mawa wabwino

Please

azafady
Chonde

Sorry

Miala tsiny
pepani

Bye

Veloma!
anatsanzikana

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

Azafady
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Merina
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

-
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

25
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

malgache
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Chewa people

History

Origin

1000 AD
15th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Benue-Congo

Branch

Indonesian
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Chewa

Language Position

8427
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
nya

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
nya

ISO 639 3

mlg
nya

ISO 639 6

mlg
nya

Glottocode

mala1537
nyan1308

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
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Language Morphological Typology

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Malagasy and Chewa Alphabets

Malagasy and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Chewa. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Malagasy and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Chewa Speaking population

Malagasy and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Malagasy vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Chewa Language Codes

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