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Malagasy
Malagasy

Japanese
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Japan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Japan

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau

Regulated By

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Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Korean Language

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2199
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2014
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Kana

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

Misaotra
ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

Alina tsara
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

azafady
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

Miala tsiny
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

Veloma!
さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

Azafady
すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Sanuki

Where They Speak

Merina
Kagawa

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Hakata

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.00127,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Kansai

Where They Speak

-
kansai

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

231
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
日本語

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Nihongo

French Name

malgache
japonais

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Japanisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

1000 AD
1185

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
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Branch

Indonesian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Japanese

Language Position

848
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Japanese

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
jpn

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
jpn

ISO 639 3

mlg
jpn

ISO 639 6

mlg
jpn

Glottocode

mala1537
nucl1643

Linguasphere

No data available
45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Malagasy and Japanese Alphabets

Malagasy and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Japanese. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Malagasy and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Japanese Speaking population

Malagasy and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Malagasy vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Japanese Language Codes

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