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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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
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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
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Ethnicity
Han
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
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Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 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
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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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Chinese 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 Chinese and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Malagasy language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Chinese vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.