Countries
Madagascar
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2033
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Misaotra
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
azafady
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Veloma!
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Azafady
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Merina
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Intha
Where They Speak
-
Burma
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
25
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
malgache
birman
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Bamar people
Origin
1000 AD
1113 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Modern Burmese
Language Position
8443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
mya
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
bur
ISO 639 3
mlg
mya
ISO 639 6
mlg
mya
Glottocode
mala1537
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating