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Basque and Malagasy


Malagasy and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
France, Spain   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Salama!   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
Gabon   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
Egun on   
Maraina tsara   

Please
Mesedez   
azafady   

Sorry
Barkatu   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
Agur   
Veloma!   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
France   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Sakalava   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
18.00 million   
38

Native Name
Not available   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
basque   
malgache   

German Name
Baskisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Basque   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
Not Available   
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
eus   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Basque and Malagasy Speaking population

Basque and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available 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 Basque and Malagasy on Basque vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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