Malagasy and Finnish
Countries
Madagascar
European Union, Finland
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Not Available
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
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Estonian and Livonian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Misaotra
Kiitos
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Alina tsara
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Hyvää huomenta
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Anteeksi
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Azafady
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Merina
Finland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Rauma
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Finland, Rauma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Finland, Sweden
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Suomi
French Name
malgache
finnois
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Finnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
standard Finnish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Finnish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mala1537
finn1318
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Malagasy and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malagasy and Finnish Speaking population
Malagasy and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish on Malagasy vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Finnish Language Codes
Malagasy and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.