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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Madagascar
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
46
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Salama!
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
Misaotra
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Alina tsara
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
azafady
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
Miala tsiny
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
Veloma!
bye
3.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
Azafady
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Merina
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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5,000,000.00
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sakalava
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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1,200,000.00
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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2
Rank: 2 (Overall)
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.28 %
Rank: 40 (Overall)
0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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18.00 million
Rank: 38 (Overall)
8.30 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
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5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
malgache
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Malagasy people
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6 History
6.1 Origin
1000 AD
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Austronesian
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Indonesian
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
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6.3.2 Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
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6.3.3 Language Position
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107
Rank: 67 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
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6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mg
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mlg
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mlg
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
mlg
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mala1537
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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Malagasy and Shona Alphabets

Malagasy and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Shona. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Malagasy and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Shona 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 Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Shona Speaking population

Malagasy and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Malagasy vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Shona Language Codes

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