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Norwegian and Malagasy


Malagasy and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

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  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Salama!  

Thank You
takk  
Misaotra  

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  

Bye
ha det  
Veloma!  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

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)  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Austronesian  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
18  
16
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
nor  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
nor  
mlg  

Glottocode
norw1258  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

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.

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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 0.07 % 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.

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