1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Madagascar
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
1.8 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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
German and English Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
hoe gaat het met je?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
goedenavond
3.6 Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
goedemiddag
3.7 Good Morning
Maraina tsara
goedemorgen
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Ik hou van jou
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Gronings
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Low Saxon
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sakalava
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.004,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Belgium, Netherlands
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,300,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
NA28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
18.00 million22.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Nederlands
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Hollands, Nederlands
5.3.4 French Name
malgache
néerlandais; flamand
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Niederländisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
5.5 Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Dutch people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Dutch
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology