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Malagasy
Malagasy

Swedish
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Sweden

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland

Speaking Continents

Africa
Antartica, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

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Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language

Derived From

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Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2129
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2018
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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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!
hej

Thank You

Misaotra
tacka dig

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
hur mår du

Good Night

Alina tsara
godnatt

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
god kväll

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
god eftermiddag

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
god morgon

Please

azafady
vänligen

Sorry

Miala tsiny
ledsen

Bye

Veloma!
hej då

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
jag älskar dig

Excuse Me

Azafady
ursäkta mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Dialects

Where They Speak

Merina
Gabon

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Dialects

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Georgia

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0078,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Dialects

Where They Speak

-
France

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0096,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

279
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million8.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
Svenska

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Ruotsi, Svenska

French Name

malgache
suédois

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Schwedisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Swedes, Finland Swedes

History

Origin

1000 AD
13th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
Germanic

Branch

Indonesian
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Swedish

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Standard Swedish

Language Position

8489
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
sv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
swe

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
swe

ISO 639 3

mlg
swe

ISO 639 6

mlg
swe

Glottocode

mala1537
swed1254

Linguasphere

No data available
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
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Malagasy and Swedish Alphabets

Malagasy and Swedish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Swedish. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Malagasy and Swedish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Swedish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Swedish Speaking population

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

Malagasy and Swedish Language Codes

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