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Japanese and Malagasy


Malagasy and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Japan   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Africa   

Minority Language
Palau   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
14   
4
20   
10

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
Salama!   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
Maraina tsara   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
azafady   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
Veloma!   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Sakalava   

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

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
18.00 million   
38

Native Name
日本語   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
japonais   
malgache   

German Name
Japanisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
1185   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
8   
8
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Japanese and Malagasy Speaking population

Japanese and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Malagasy on Japanese vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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