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Malagasy and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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  
Not Available  

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

Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

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  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
azafady  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Veloma!  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Wu  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Yue  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
Not Available  

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.28 %  
40

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
chinois  
malgache  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
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Ethnicity
Han  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
1  
1
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
zho  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
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Glottocode
sini1245  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

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.

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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.

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