Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3121
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
Salama!
Thank You
multumesc
Misaotra
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
noapte Buna
Alina tsara
Good Evening
buna Seara
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Maraina tsara
Please
Vă Rog
azafady
Sorry
scuze
Miala tsiny
Bye
La revedere
Veloma!
I Love You
Te iubesc
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Azafady
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Merina
How Many People Speak
250,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Croatia
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How Many People Speak
1,400.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
102
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
24.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
4.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
roumain; moldave
malgache
German Name
Rumänisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Malagasy people
Origin
1521
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
standard Malagasy
Language Position
3684
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ro
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
rum
mlg
ISO 639 3
ron
mlg
ISO 639 6
ron
mlg
Glottocode
roma1327
mala1537
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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