Javanese and Malagasy
Countries
Indonesia
Madagascar
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
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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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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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
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azafady
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Miala tsiny
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Veloma!
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Azafady
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Merina
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Cirebon
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Arekan
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Where They Speak
Indonesia
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How Many People Speak?
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Native Name
basa Jawa
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
javanais
malgache
German Name
Javanisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Malagasy people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
java1253
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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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.
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.