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Malagasy
Malagasy

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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

146
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

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Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2127
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2022
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
hola

Thank You

Misaotra
Gracias

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Alina tsara
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
Buenos Días

Please

azafady
Por Favor

Sorry

Miala tsiny
triste

Bye

Veloma!
adiós

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Azafady
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Merina
Mexico

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Cuba

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

-
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

221
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
Español

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

malgache
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Spanish people

History

Origin

1000 AD
210 BC

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Romance

Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

842
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
spa

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
spa

ISO 639 3

mlg
spa

ISO 639 6

mlg
spa

Glottocode

mala1537
stan1288

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Malagasy and Spanish Alphabets

Malagasy and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Spanish. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Malagasy and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Spanish Speaking population

Malagasy and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Malagasy vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Spanish Language Codes

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