Countries
Philippines
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Palihug
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Babay
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
cebuano
  
malgache
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
16th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Malagasy language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.