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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Madagascar
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    1.9 Similar To
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    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    1.10 Derived From
    Not Available
    Arabic Language
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    21
    Rank: 3 (Overall)
    24
    Rank: 6 (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)
    21
    Rank: 11 (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)
    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    Salama!
    Habari
    3.2 Thank You
    Misaotra
    Asante
    3.3 How Are You?
    Manao ahoana!
    Habari gani?
    3.4 Good Night
    Alina tsara
    Usiku mwema
    3.5 Good Evening
    Manao ahoana e
    Habari za jioni
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    Manao ahoana e
    nzuri Alasiri
    3.7 Good Morning
    Maraina tsara
    Habari za asubuhi
    3.8 Please
    azafady
    tafadhali
    3.9 Sorry
    Miala tsiny
    pole
    3.10 Bye
    Veloma!
    bye
    3.11 I Love You
    Tiako ianao.
    nakupenda
    3.12 Excuse Me
    Azafady
    Samahani
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Eastern Malagasy
    Kiunguja
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Merina
    Zanzibar island
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    5,000,000.00
    Rank: 17 (Overall)
    Not Available
    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Western Malagasy
    Kimrima
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Sakalava
    Dar es Salaam
    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
    Kimgao
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Not Available
    Kilwa
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    2
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    0.28 %
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    18.00 million
    Rank: 38 (Overall)
    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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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
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    5.3.4 French Name
    malgache
    swahili
    5.3.5 German Name
    Malagassi-Sprache
    Swahili
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Malagasy people
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    1000 AD
    6th 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
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    standard Malagasy
    Swahili
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
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    6.4 Scope
    Macrolanguage
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    mg
    sw
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    mlg
    swa
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    mlg
    swa
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    mlg
    swa
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    mala1537
    swah1254
    7.6 Linguasphere
    No data available
    99-AUS-m
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Verb-Object-Subject
    Not Available
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Not Available
    Not Available

    Malagasy and Swahili Alphabets

    Malagasy and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Swahili. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Malagasy and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    Malagasy and Swahili Speaking population

    Malagasy and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Swahili on Malagasy vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Malagasy and Swahili Language Codes

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

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