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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

461
0 46
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National Language

Spain
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  • 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 Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2721
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2220
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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Greetings

Hello

hola
Salama!

Thank You

Gracias
Misaotra

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Buenas Noches
Alina tsara

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

Buenos Días
Maraina tsara

Please

Por Favor
azafady

Sorry

triste
Miala tsiny

Bye

adiós
Veloma!

I Love You

Te Quiero
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Mexico
Merina

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Cuba
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
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How Many People Speak

3,900,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

212
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

espagnol; castillan
malgache

German Name

Spanisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Malagasy people

History

Origin

210 BC
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Romance
Austronesian

Branch

-
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
standard Malagasy

Language Position

284
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

es
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

spa
mlg

ISO 639 3

spa
mlg

ISO 639 6

spa
mlg

Glottocode

stan1288
mala1537

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish and Malagasy Alphabets

Spanish and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Spanish and Malagasy. In Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Spanish and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Spanish and Malagasy languages. The Spanish phonology consist Spanish vowels and Spanish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Spanish greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Spanish and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

All Spanish 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 Spanish and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Spanish and Malagasy Speaking population

Spanish and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Malagasy on Spanish vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Malagasy Language Codes

Spanish and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Spanish and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.