Countries
Madagascar
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
God morgen
  
Please
azafady
  
Please
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
malgache
  
danois
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Malagasy and Danish Speaking population
Malagasy and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available. 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 Danish on Malagasy vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Danish Language Codes
Malagasy and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.