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Malagasy Language

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Madagascar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Salama!
3.2 Thank You
Misaotra
3.3 How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
3.4 Good Night
Alina tsara
3.5 Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
3.6 Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
3.7 Good Morning
Maraina tsara
3.8 Please
azafady
3.9 Sorry
Miala tsiny
3.10 Bye
Veloma!
3.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
3.12 Excuse Me
Azafady
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Merina
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
5,000,000.00
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sakalava
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
1,200,000.00
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
2
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.28 %
Rank: 40 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
18.00 million
Rank: 38 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
5.3.4 French Name
malgache
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Malagasy people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000 AD
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Austronesian
6.2.2 Branch
Indonesian
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
84
Rank: 56 (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
mg
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mlg
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mlg
7.3 ISO 639 3
mlg
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mala1537
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

Origin of Malagasy language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Malagasy language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Malagasy language states that it was put to use in 1000 AD. The history of Malagasy language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Malagasy Language History. Malagasy has no early forms. standard Malagasy is the standard form of Malagasy language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Malagasy Language.

Malagasy population

Malagasy population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Malagasy language. Malagasy language is spoken by Not Available people in the world. Most of the Malagasy population lies in the Malagasy Speaking Countries. Malagasy language is spoken as first language by 18.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Malagasy as second language. Get to know Malagasy speaking population in detail.

Malagasy writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Malagasy writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Malagasy language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Malagasy language. Learn more about . 

Information about Malagasy language

Check out all the information about Malagasy language here. You may find it interesting to learn Malagasy Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Malagasy Speaking Countries, Malagasy speaking continents and Malagasy Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Malagasy countries knowing common Malagasy Greetings will help you in communicating with Malagasy people.