Countries
Madagascar
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
-
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2129
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
hallo
Thank You
Misaotra
takk
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Alina tsara
god natt
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
god morgen
Please
azafady
Vær så snill
Sorry
Miala tsiny
unnskyld
Bye
Veloma!
ha det
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Azafady
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Merina
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Sogn
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
-
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
219
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.28 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Norsk
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Norsk
French Name
malgache
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Norwegians
Origin
1000 AD
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Germanic
Branch
Indonesian
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
8418
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mg
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
nor
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
nor
ISO 639 3
mlg
nor
ISO 639 6
mlg
nor
Glottocode
mala1537
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional