Chinese and Malagasy
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Madagascar
National Language
China, Taiwan
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Salama!
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Misaotra
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Maraina tsara
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Miala tsiny
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Merina
Dialect 2
Wu
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Yue
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Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
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How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
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Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
chinois
malgache
German Name
Chinesisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Han
Malagasy people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
mala1537
Linguasphere
79-AAA
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Malagasy Speaking population
Chinese and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Malagasy on Chinese vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Malagasy Language Codes
Chinese and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.