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Malagasy
Malagasy

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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Nigeria

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

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Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2136
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2028
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 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
kedụ

Thank You

Misaotra
dalụ

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

Alina tsara
ka chi fo

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

azafady
Biko

Sorry

Miala tsiny
Ndo

Bye

Veloma!
Kachifo

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

Azafady
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Enuani

Where They Speak

Merina
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Not present

Where They Speak

-
-

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0024.00
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 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
igbo

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Ibo

French Name

malgache
igbo

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Igbo people

History

Origin

1000 AD
30th Century BC

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Kwa

Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Standard Igbo

Language Position

8457
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
ibo

ISO 639 3

mlg
ibo

ISO 639 6

mlg
ibo

Glottocode

mala1537
nucl1417

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
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Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Malagasy and Igbo Alphabets

Malagasy and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Igbo. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Malagasy and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Igbo Speaking population

Malagasy and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Malagasy vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Igbo Language Codes

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