Countries
Madagascar
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
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Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
524
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2023
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Misaotra
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
azafady
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Veloma!
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Azafady
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Merina
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Wu
Where They Speak
Sakalava
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Yue
Where They Speak
-
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
210
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
malgache
chinois
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Han
Origin
1000 AD
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Chinese
Language Position
841
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
zho
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
chi
ISO 639 3
mlg
zho
ISO 639 6
mlg
zho
Glottocode
mala1537
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating