Countries
Japan
  
Madagascar
  
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 in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.