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
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
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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
Not Available
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
I Love You
Je t'aime
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Azafady
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Merina
Dialect 2
African French
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Africa
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Not Available
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Français
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
français
malgache
German Name
Französisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Malagasy people
Origin
9th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Austronesian
Branch
Not Available
Indonesian
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
fras
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Glottocode
stan1290
mala1537
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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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.