Countries
Madagascar
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
-
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2018
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Tere
Thank You
Misaotra
aitäh
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Alina tsara
Head ööd
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Tere hommikust
Please
azafady
Palun
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Vabandust
Bye
Veloma!
Head aega
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Azafady
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Merina
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Tartu
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Idamurre
Where They Speak
-
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
28
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.28 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
18.00 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Eesti keel
French Name
malgache
estonien
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Estonians
Origin
1000 AD
13th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Indonesian
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Estonian
Language Position
8422
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mg
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
est
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
est
ISO 639 3
mlg
est
ISO 639 6
mlg
est
Glottocode
mala1537
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative