Malagasy and Chinese
Countries
Madagascar
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
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
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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 in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Time Taken to Learn
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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)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Azafady
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Merina
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Wu
Where They Speak
Sakalava
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
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Yue
Where They Speak
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China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
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French Name
malgache
chinois
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Han
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
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Branch
Indonesian
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mala1537
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
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.
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.