Norwegian and Malagasy
Countries
Norway
Madagascar
National Language
Norway
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
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Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
god natt
Alina tsara
Good Evening
god kveld
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
god morgen
Maraina tsara
Please
Vær så snill
azafady
Sorry
unnskyld
Miala tsiny
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Azafady
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Merina
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Sogn
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Not Available
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Speaking Population
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Native Name
Norsk
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Norsk
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
malgache
German Name
Nynorsk
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
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Ethnicity
Norwegians
Malagasy people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Austronesian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Indonesian
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
standard Malagasy
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
norw1258
mala1537
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Norwegian and Malagasy Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Malagasy Speaking population
Norwegian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Malagasy on Norwegian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Malagasy Language Codes
Norwegian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.