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Malagasy
Malagasy

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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

Total No. Of Countries

17
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Germany

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Regulated By

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Council for German Orthography

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.
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

Similar To

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

Derived From

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Albanian Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

209
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
hallo

Thank You

Misaotra
Danke

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Wie geht es dir?

Good Night

Alina tsara
gute Nacht

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
guten Abend

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
guten Tag

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
guten Morgen

Please

azafady
bitte

Sorry

Miala tsiny
Verzeihung

Bye

Veloma!
Tschüs

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Ich liebe dich

Excuse Me

Azafady
Entschuldigung

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Swiss German

Where They Speak

Merina
Switzerland

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.004,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Swabian German

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Germany

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.00820,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Texas German

Where They Speak

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Texas

How Many People Speak

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

228
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million229.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %1.39 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million101.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million128.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
Deutsch

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Deutsch, Tedesco

French Name

malgache
allemand

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Deutsch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Germans

History

Origin

1000 AD
6th Century AD

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Germanic

Branch

Indonesian
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German

Language Position

849
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Signed German

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
de

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
deu

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
ger

ISO 639 3

mlg
deu

ISO 639 6

mlg
deus

Glottocode

mala1537
high1287, uppe1397

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Malagasy and German Alphabets

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

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

Malagasy and German Speaking population

Malagasy and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and German languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Malagasy vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and German Language Codes

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