Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hola
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Sisplau
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
malgache
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Catalan and Malagasy Speaking population
Catalan and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan 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 Catalan and Malagasy on Catalan vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Catalan and Malagasy Language Codes
Catalan and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.