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Indonesian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Salama!  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
Maraina tsara  

Please
mohon Untuk  
azafady  

Sorry
maaf  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Veloma!  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
8
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
17
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
0.28 %  
40

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
Not Available  

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
indonésien  
malgache  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Austronesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
56  
99+
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
ind  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1316  
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  
Not Available  

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Indonesian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Malagasy language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian and Malagasy Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.

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