Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- 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
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Mi petas
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
Esperanto
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
espéranto
  
malgache
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
1887
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
espe1235
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Malagasy language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.