Countries
Madagascar
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
azafady
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
malgache
  
amharique
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Amharas
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
mala1537
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
All Malagasy and Amharic 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 Malagasy and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malagasy and Amharic Speaking population
Malagasy and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Malagasy and Amharic on Malagasy vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Amharic Language Codes
Malagasy and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.