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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2021
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

37
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
Hello

Thank You

Misaotra
Thank you

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
How are you?

Good Night

Alina tsara
Good Night

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
Good Morning

Please

azafady
Please

Sorry

Miala tsiny
Sorry

Bye

Veloma!
Bye

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
I love you

Excuse Me

Azafady
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
American English

Where They Speak

Merina
United States of America

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Welsh English

Where They Speak

-
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
English

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
English

French Name

malgache
anglais

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
English people

History

Origin

1000 AD
5th Century AD

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
-

Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Standard English

Language Position

843
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
eng

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
eng

ISO 639 3

mlg
eng

ISO 639 6

mlg
engs

Glottocode

mala1537
stan1293

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Malagasy and English Alphabets

Malagasy and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and English. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Malagasy and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and English Speaking population

Malagasy and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and English languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Malagasy vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and English Language Codes

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