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Javanese and Malagasy


Malagasy and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Salama!  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Maraina tsara  

Please
Not Available  
azafady  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Veloma!  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Sakalava  

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

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
Not Available  

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
0.28 %  
40

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
18.00 million  
38

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
javanais  
malgache  

German Name
Javanisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Austronesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
11  
10
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
jav  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
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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All Javanese 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 Javanese and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Malagasy Speaking population

Javanese and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Malagasy on Javanese vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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