Countries
Madagascar
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Not Available
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
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Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Alina tsara
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
صباح الخير
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
أحبك
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Merina
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Sudan
Dialect 3
Not Available
Levantine
Where They Speak
Not Available
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
malgache
arabe
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Arabs
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Semitic
Branch
Indonesian
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1537
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Malagasy and Arabic 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 Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malagasy and Arabic Speaking population
Malagasy and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Malagasy vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Arabic Language Codes
Malagasy and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.