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Arabic and Malagasy


Malagasy and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Salama!   

Thank You
شكرا   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Maraina tsara   

Please
من فضلك   
azafady   

Sorry
آسف   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
وداعا   
Veloma!   

I Love You
أحبك   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Sakalava   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
18.00 million   
38

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
arabe   
malgache   

German Name
Arabisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
512 CE   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Austronesian   

Branch
North Arabic   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
25   
21
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
ara   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Verb-Object-Subject   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Arabic and Malagasy Speaking population

Arabic and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Malagasy on Arabic vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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