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Malagasy

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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

15
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

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Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

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Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2129
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

520
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
Hallo

Thank You

Misaotra
Mange tak

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

Alina tsara
God nat

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
God aften

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
God morgen

Please

azafady
Please

Sorry

Miala tsiny
Undskyld!

Bye

Veloma!
Farvel

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

Azafady
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Scanian

Where They Speak

Merina
Sweden

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Denmark

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

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Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

24
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
dansk

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

malgache
danois

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

1000 AD
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
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Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Rigsdansk

Language Position

8418
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Danish

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
dan

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
dan

ISO 639 3

mlg
dan

ISO 639 6

mlg
dan

Glottocode

mala1537
dani1284

Linguasphere

No data available
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional

Malagasy and Danish Alphabets

Malagasy and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Danish. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Malagasy and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Danish 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 Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Danish Speaking population

Malagasy and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Malagasy vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Danish Language Codes

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