Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2420
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Salama!
Thank You
terima kasih
Misaotra
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Maraina tsara
Please
sila
azafady
Sorry
maaf
Miala tsiny
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Veloma!
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Azafady
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Merina
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Indonesia
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How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
242
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
malais
malgache
German Name
Malaiisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Malagasy people
Origin
c. 683 AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
standard Malagasy
Language Position
5484
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ms
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
may
mlg
ISO 639 3
zsm
mlg
ISO 639 6
may
mlg
Glottocode
stan1306
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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