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Malagasy and Indonesian Speaking countries

1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Madagascar
Indonesia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
Bhojpuri Speaking Countries
0 46
1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Indonesia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
1.7 Regulated By
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Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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.
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
1.9 Similar To
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Malay language
1.10 Derived From
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Malay and Dutch Languages

Malagasy vs Indonesian Countries

Comparing Malagasy vs Indonesian countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Malagasy and Indonesian languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Malagasy is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Indonesian is official language is 1

Find if Malagasy and Indonesian are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Malagasy and Indonesian speaking countries will give you the presence of Malagasy and Indonesian languages in different countries. Along with Malagasy vs Indonesian countries, you can also compare Malagasy vs Indonesian.

Malagasy and Indonesian as Minority Language

In Malagasy and Indonesian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Malagasy and Indonesian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Malagasy as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
  • Indonesian as minority language: Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands.

If you want to compare Malagasy and Indonesian dialects, then you can go to Malagasy vs Indonesian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Malagasy and Indonesian Regulators

Malagasy and Indonesian speaking countries provide you Malagasy and Indonesian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Malagasy is not regulated.Indonesian is regulated by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. Also get to learn, Malagasy and Indonesian Language History.

Malagasy and Indonesian Continents

Thinking about Malagasy and Indonesian continents in which Malagasy and Indonesian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Malagasy and Indonesian. Most of the Malagasy speaking countries lie in Africa. While Indonesian speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Malagasy and Indonesian languages:

Malagasy 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.

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.

The Malagasy language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Not Available whereas Malagasy language is similar to Malay language and derived from Malay and Dutch Languages.