Countries
Madagascar
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
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The National Institute of the Korean 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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2140
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
521
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Misaotra
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
azafady
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Veloma!
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Azafady
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Jeju
Where They Speak
Merina
South Korea
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Sakalava
South Korea
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
-
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
212
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.28 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
malgache
coréen
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Koreans
Origin
1000 AD
Before 1st century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
8412
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
kor
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
kor
ISO 639 3
mlg
Kor
ISO 639 6
mlg
kor
Glottocode
mala1537
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative