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Malagasy
Malagasy

Lao
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

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

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.
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Thai Language

Derived From

-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2153
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

528
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2027
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Misaotra
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Alina tsara
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

azafady
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Miala tsiny
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Veloma!
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Azafady
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Merina
Laos

How Many People Speak

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

Western Malagasy
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Laos

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Central Lao

Where They Speak

-
Laos

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

26
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 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million25.00 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
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao

French Name

malgache
lao

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Lao people

History

Origin

1000 AD
1283 CE

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Tai

Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No Early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Lao

Language Position

8443
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
lao

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
lao

ISO 639 3

mlg
lao

ISO 639 6

mlg
lao

Glottocode

mala1537
laoo1244

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Isolating

Malagasy and Lao Alphabets

Malagasy and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Lao. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Malagasy and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Lao 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 Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Lao Speaking population

Malagasy and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Lao on Malagasy vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Lao Language Codes

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