Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Madagascar
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
dankjewel
Misaotra
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
goede Nacht
Alina tsara
Good Evening
goedenavond
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Maraina tsara
Please
alsjeblieft
azafady
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Tiako ianao.
Dialect 1
Gronings
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Merina
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Limburgian
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Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
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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
Nederlands
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
malgache
German Name
Niederländisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
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Ethnicity
Dutch people
Malagasy people
Origin
AD 450-500
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Austronesian
Branch
Western
Indonesian
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mode1257
mala1537
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Malagasy Speaking population
Dutch and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Malagasy on Dutch vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Malagasy Language Codes
Dutch and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.