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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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