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Malagasy and German


German and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
hallo  

Thank You
Misaotra  
Danke  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
guten Morgen  

Please
azafady  
bitte  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Veloma!  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
malgache  
allemand  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Germans  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indonesian  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
84  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
ger  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
mala1537  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Malagasy and German Speaking population

Malagasy and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and German languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Malagasy vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and German Language Codes

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

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