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Malagasy
Malagasy

Hausa
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Gambia, Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Yoruba and Igbo Languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2144
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2032
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
sannu

Thank You

Misaotra
gode ku

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
yaya dai

Good Night

Alina tsara
mai kyau dare

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
barka da yamma

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
barka da rana

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
mai kyau safe

Please

azafady
Don Allah

Sorry

Miala tsiny
yi hakuri

Bye

Veloma!
sai anjima

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Ina son ku

Excuse Me

Azafady
gafara dai

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Gaananci

Where They Speak

Merina
Ghana

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Kurhwayanci

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Niger

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.00150,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Daragaram

Where They Speak

-
Niger

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0050.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

220
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million50.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.52 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million35.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa

French Name

malgache
haoussa

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Haussa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[hàʊsà]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Hausa–Fulani people

History

Origin

1000 AD
14

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Chadic

Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Hausa

Language Position

8434
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Hausa

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
ha

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
hau

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
hau

ISO 639 3

mlg
hau

ISO 639 6

mlg
hau

Glottocode

mala1537
haus1257

Linguasphere

No data available
19-HAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Malagasy and Hausa Alphabets

Malagasy and Hausa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Hausa. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Hausa Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Malagasy and Hausa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Hausa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Hausa Speaking population

Malagasy and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Malagasy vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Hausa Language Codes

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