Countries
Madagascar
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2162
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2060
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Misaotra
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
azafady
амритана
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Амарахь
Bye
Veloma!
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
-
Excuse Me
Azafady
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Merina
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Sadz
Where They Speak
-
Turkey
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
23
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.28 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
18.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
malgache
abkhaze
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Abkhaz people
Origin
1000 AD
c. 1650
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Abkhaz
Language Position
8428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
abk
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
abk
ISO 639 3
mlg
abk
ISO 639 6
mlg
abks
Glottocode
mala1537
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative