Countries
Madagascar
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
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Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2199
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2014
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Misaotra
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
azafady
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Veloma!
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Azafady
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Merina
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Hakata
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Kansai
Where They Speak
-
kansai
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
231
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
日本語
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Nihongo
French Name
malgache
japonais
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
1000 AD
1185
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Japanese
Language Position
848
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
jpn
ISO 639 3
mlg
jpn
ISO 639 6
mlg
jpn
Glottocode
mala1537
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic