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French vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
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
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Salama!   

Thank You
Merci   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Maraina tsara   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
azafady   

Sorry
désolé   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
au revoir   
Veloma!   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
African French   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Sakalava   

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

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
18.00 million   
38

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Français   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
français   
malgache   

German Name
Französisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
13   
12
84   
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
fra   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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French and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of French vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of French and Malagasy language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on French and Malagasy Language History.

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French 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 French and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Malagasy language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common French Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Malagasy Difficulty

The French vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.

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