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Malagasy
Malagasy

Filipino
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Philippines

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

-
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

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.
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Tagalog Language

Derived From

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Spanish Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2128
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2023
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
Kumusta

Thank You

Misaotra
Salamat

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Kumusta

Good Night

Alina tsara
magandang gabi

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
Magandang gabi

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
Magandang hapon

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
Magandang umaga

Please

azafady
Mangyaring

Sorry

Miala tsiny
pinagsisisihan

Bye

Veloma!
Paalam

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Mahal kita

Excuse Me

Azafady
patawarin ninyo ako

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Bikol

Where They Speak

Merina
Philippines

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Hiligaynon

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Philippines

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.008,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Waray

Where They Speak

-
Philippines

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.002,600,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

28
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million90.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %1.74 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million45.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million45.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
filipino

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Pilipino

French Name

malgache
filipino; pilipino

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Pilipino

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Filipino people

History

Origin

1000 AD
16th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
-

Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Filipino

Language Position

8434
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
No Data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
fil

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
fil

ISO 639 3

mlg
fil

ISO 639 6

mlg
fil

Glottocode

mala1537
fili1244

Linguasphere

No data available
No Data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Malagasy and Filipino Alphabets

Malagasy and Filipino Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Filipino. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Malagasy and Filipino languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Filipino are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Filipino Speaking population

Malagasy and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Filipino on Malagasy vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Filipino Language Codes

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