Malagasy and Indonesian Speaking countries

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.

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.