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Japanese vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs 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   
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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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Japanese and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Malagasy language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Malagasy Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Malagasy language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Japanese vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.

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