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Danish and Malagasy


Malagasy and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Swedish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Salama!   

Thank You
Mange tak   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
God nat   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
God aften   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
God morgen   
Maraina tsara   

Please
Please   
azafady   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
Farvel   
Veloma!   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Sakalava   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
18.00 million   
38

Native Name
dansk   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
danois   
malgache   

German Name
Dänisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
Not Available   
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
dan   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Verb-Object-Subject   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Danish 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 Danish and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Danish and Malagasy Speaking population

Danish and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish 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 Danish and Malagasy on Danish vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Malagasy Language Codes

Danish and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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