Countries
Countries
Madagascar
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Not Available
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
NANA
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Salama!
Kablaaw
Thank You
Misaotra
Agyamanak
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Kumusta?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Naimbag a bigat
Please
azafady
Not available
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Agpakawanak
Bye
Veloma!
Pakada
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
Azafady
Maawan-dayawen
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Balangao
Where They Speak
Merina
Philippines
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0041,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
-9999
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not present
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
22
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
NA9.10 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.14 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million9.10 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
ilokano
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
malgache
ilocano
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Ilocano people
History
Origin
1000 AD
18th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Not Available
Branch
Indonesian
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
8494
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mg
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
ilo
ISO 639 3
mlg
ilo
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1537
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available