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Malagasy and Estonian


Estonian and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Estonia, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
Tere   

Thank You
Misaotra   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
Tere hommikust   

Please
azafady   
Palun   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
Vabandust   

Bye
Veloma!   
Head aega   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
Not Available   

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Eesti keel   

French Name
malgache   
estonien   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Estonians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Indonesian   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Estonian   

Language Position
84   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
est   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Malagasy and Estonian Speaking population

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

Malagasy and Estonian Language Codes

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

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