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Finnish and Malagasy


Malagasy and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Salama!   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Maraina tsara   

Please
haluta   
azafady   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
Heippa   
Veloma!   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Sakalava   

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

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
18.00 million   
38

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
finnois   
malgache   

German Name
Finnisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
1543   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Austronesian   

Branch
Finnic   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
Not Available   
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
fin   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Finnish and Malagasy Speaking population

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

Finnish and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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