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Spanish and Malagasy


Malagasy and Spanish


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
46   
1
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

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
105,000,000.00   
5
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Sakalava   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
18.00 million   
38

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
210 BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
2   
2
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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