Countries
Madagascar
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Hello
Thank You
Misaotra
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Subax wanaagsan
Please
azafady
Fadlan
Sorry
Miala tsiny
sorry
Bye
Veloma!
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Azafady
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Merina
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
-
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
malgache
somali
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Somalis
Origin
1000 AD
19th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Cushitic
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Somali
Language Position
8483
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
som
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
som
ISO 639 3
mlg
som
ISO 639 6
mlg
som
Glottocode
mala1537
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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