Countries
Madagascar
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
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Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2131
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
alo
Thank You
Misaotra
multumesc
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Alina tsara
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
bună Dimineața
Please
azafady
Vă Rog
Sorry
Miala tsiny
scuze
Bye
Veloma!
La revedere
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Azafady
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Merina
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
-
Croatia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
210
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Română
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
malgache
roumain; moldave
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Romanians
Origin
1000 AD
1521
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Romanian
Language Position
8436
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
ron
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
rum
ISO 639 3
mlg
ron
ISO 639 6
mlg
ron
Glottocode
mala1537
roma1327
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic