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Cantonese and Malagasy


Malagasy and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
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Derived From
Not Available   
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Salama!   

Thank You
谢谢   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
晚安   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
早上好   
Maraina tsara   

Please
请   
azafady   

Sorry
遗憾   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
再见   
Veloma!   

I Love You
我爱你   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Merina   

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

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Sakalava   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
Not Available   

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
18.00 million   
38

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
Not Available   
malgache   

German Name
Not Available   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
17th century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
Not Available   
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Object-Subject   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Malagasy Speaking population

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Cantonese and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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