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Malagasy vs 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  
-  

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  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

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  
6
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
18.00 million  
32

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
2  
2
84  
99+

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 Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Malagasy language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Malagasy Language History.

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Spanish and Malagasy Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Malagasy language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Spanish vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Malagasy Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is 30 weeks.

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