Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Madagascar
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Thank you
Misaotra
How Are You?
How are you?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Good Night
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
I Love You
I love you
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Azafady
Dialect 1
American English
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
United States of America
Merina
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Welsh English
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Where They Speak
United Kingdom
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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
English
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
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Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
anglais
malgache
German Name
Englisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
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Ethnicity
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Malagasy people
Origin
5th Century AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Signed English
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
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Glottocode
stan1293
mala1537
Linguasphere
52-ABA
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English 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 English and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Malagasy language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common English Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Malagasy Difficulty
The English vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.