Malagasy

Xhosa

Malagasy and Xhosa

Malagasy

Xhosa

Add ⊕

Countries

Madagascar

South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

👆🏻

National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

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.

Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2153

18 247

👆🏻

Phonology

How Many Vowels

510

0 32

👆🏻

How Many Consonants

2043

9 60

👆🏻

Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

👆🏻

Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks

3 88

👆🏻

Greetings

Hello

Salama!

Molo

Thank You

Misaotra

Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!

Unjani

Good Night

Alina tsara

Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e

Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e

Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Maraina tsara

Molo

Please

azafady

Ndicela

Sorry

Miala tsiny

Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Veloma!

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Tiako ianao.

Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Azafady

Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy

Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Merina

South Africa

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0019,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

👆🏻

Dialect 2

Western Malagasy

Thembu

Where They Speak

Sakalava

South Africa

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0019,000,000.00

700 274000000

👆🏻

Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy

Hlubi

Where They Speak

South Africa

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0019.00

2 230000000

👆🏻

Total No. Of Dialects

0 188

👆🏻

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million20.00 million

0 1200

👆🏻

Speaking Population

0.28 %0.11 %

0 89

👆🏻

Native Speakers

18.00 million8.20 million

0 873

👆🏻

Second Language Speakers

18.00 million11.00 million

0.01 400

👆🏻

Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy

isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

malgache

xhosa

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache

Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people

amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

1000 AD

16th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Austronesian

Benue-Congo

Branch

Indonesian

Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy

isiXhosa

Language Position

8421

1 120

👆🏻

Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language

Signed Xhosa

Scope

Macrolanguage

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg

xho

ISO 639 2/B

mlg

xho

ISO 639 3

mlg

xho

ISO 639 6

mlg

xho

Glottocode

mala1537

xhos1239

Linguasphere

No data available

99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Malagasy and Xhosa Alphabets

Malagasy and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Xhosa. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Malagasy and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages » More

Malagasy vs Ilocano

Malagasy vs Kirundi

Malagasy vs Georgian

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages

Malagasy and Xhosa Speaking population

Malagasy and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Malagasy vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Xhosa Language Codes

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