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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

Total No. Of Countries

17
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Regulated By

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Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
French and Portuguese Languages

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2121
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2016
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!
ciao

Thank You

Misaotra
grazie

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Come stai?

Good Night

Alina tsara
buonanotte

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
buonasera

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
buon pomeriggio

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
buongiorno

Please

azafady
Per Favore

Sorry

Miala tsiny
scusate

Bye

Veloma!
arrivederci

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Ti amo

Excuse Me

Azafady
Scusami

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Romanesco

Where They Speak

Merina
Lazio

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Central Italian

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Tuscan

Where They Speak

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Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

215
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million64.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
Italiano

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Italiano

French Name

malgache
italien

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Italienisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[itaˈljaːno]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Italians

History

Origin

1000 AD
960 BC

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Romance

Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Italian

Language Position

8427
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
it

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
ita

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
ita

ISO 639 3

mlg
ita

ISO 639 6

mlg
itas

Glottocode

mala1537
ital1282

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-q

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 Italian Alphabets

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

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

Malagasy and Italian Speaking population

Malagasy and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Malagasy vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Italian Language Codes

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