Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Madagascar
  
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
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Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
Not Available
  
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
  
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Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Malagasy people
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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Glottocode
cant1236
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
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Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Malagasy language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.