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Malagasy
Malagasy

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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
bonjour

Thank You

Misaotra
Merci

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Alina tsara
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
Bonjour

Please

azafady
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Miala tsiny
désolé

Bye

Veloma!
au revoir

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Azafady
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Merina
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
African French

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Africa

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Swiss French

Where They Speak

-
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

225
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
français

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Français

French Name

malgache
français

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
French people

History

Origin

1000 AD
9th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Romance

Branch

Indonesian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Standard French

Language Position

8413
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
fra

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
fre

ISO 639 3

mlg
fra

ISO 639 6

mlg
fras

Glottocode

mala1537
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Malagasy and French Alphabets

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

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

Malagasy and French Speaking population

Malagasy and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and French languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Malagasy vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and French Language Codes

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