Countries
Madagascar
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Misaotra
Thank you
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
How are you?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Good Night
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Good Morning
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
I love you
Excuse Me
Azafady
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
American English
Where They Speak
Merina
United States of America
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Not Available
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Not Available
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
English
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Not Available
French Name
malgache
anglais
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
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Origin
1000 AD
5th Century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
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Branch
Indonesian
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
mala1537
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Malagasy and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malagasy and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and English language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs English Difficulty
The Malagasy vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malagasy and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.