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Malagasy and Chinese


Chinese and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
20  
10
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
azafady  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Veloma!  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Merina  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Not Available  

French Name
malgache  
chinois  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
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Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Han  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
84  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
chi  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1537  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Malagasy and Chinese Speaking population

Malagasy and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Malagasy vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Chinese Language Codes

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

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