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Malagasy
Malagasy

Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole



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Malagasy and Haitian Creole

Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Haiti

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Haiti

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Central America, North America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Cuba

Regulated By

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Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)

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.
  • In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
  • In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
French Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2129
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2020
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 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
Bonjou

Thank You

Misaotra
Mèsi

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Kijan ou yé?

Good Night

Alina tsara
Bon nwit

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
Bonswa

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
Bon apre-midi

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
Bon apre-midi

Please

azafady
Souple

Sorry

Miala tsiny
Dezole

Bye

Veloma!
Babay

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Mwen renmen w

Excuse Me

Azafady
Eskize m

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Northern Haitian Creole

Where They Speak

Merina
Cap-Haitien

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Central Haitian Creole

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Port-au-Prince

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0012,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Southern Haitian Creole

Where They Speak

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Cayes

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

23
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million9.60 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million9.60 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
Kreyòl ayisyen

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole

French Name

malgache
haïtien; créole haïtien

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[kɣejɔl]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Haitians

History

Origin

1000 AD
17th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
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Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Haitian Creole

Language Position

8499
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
ht

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
hat

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
hat

ISO 639 3

mlg
hat

ISO 639 6

mlg
hat

Glottocode

mala1537
hait1244

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAC-cb

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Malagasy and Haitian Creole Alphabets

Malagasy and Haitian Creole Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Haitian Creole. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Haitian Creole Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Malagasy and Haitian Creole languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Haitian Creole 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 Haitian Creole greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Haitian Creole are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Haitian Creole Speaking population

Malagasy and Haitian Creole speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Haitian Creole languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Haitian Creole Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Haitian Creole language is 0.15 %. 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 Haitian Creole on Malagasy vs Haitian Creole where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Haitian Creole Language Codes

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