1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
2.4 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Indonesia
2.5 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
2.6 Speaking Continents
2.7 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
2.8 Regulated By
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Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
2.9 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.
2.10 Similar To
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Malay language
2.11 Derived From
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Malay and Dutch Languages
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
3.5 Phonology
3.5.1 How Many Vowels
3.9.2 How Many Consonants
4.3 Scripts
4.4 Writing Direction
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4.5 Hard to Learn
4.5.1 Language Levels
4.7.2 Time Taken to Learn
5 Greetings
5.1 Hello
5.2 Thank You
5.3 How Are You?
5.4 Good Night
Alina tsara
Selamat Malam
5.5 Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Malam yang baik
5.6 Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Selamat Sore
5.7 Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Selamat Pagi
5.8 Please
5.9 Sorry
5.10 Bye
5.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Aku cinta kamu
5.12 Excuse Me
6 Dialects
6.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Sundanese
6.1.1 Where They Speak
6.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
7.2 Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Balinese
7.2.1 Where They Speak
Sakalava
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
7.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.003,300,000.00
700
80000000
7.8 Dialect 3
Not Available
Minangkabau
7.8.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Indonesia, Malaysia
7.8.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,000,000.00
1400
96000000
7.9 Total No. Of Dialects
11 How Many People Speak
11.1 How Many People Speak?
NA163.00 million
0.13
1200
12.9 Speaking Population
12.11 Native Speakers
18.00 million23.00 million
0.13
873
13.1.1 Second Language Speakers
NA140.00 million
0.01
400
13.2.1 Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Bahasa Melayu
13.2.2 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Bahasa Indonesia
13.2.3 French Name
13.2.4 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Bahasa Indonesia
13.3 Pronunciation
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13.4 Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Indonesians
14 History
14.1 Origin
14.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
14.3.1 Subgroup
14.3.2 Branch
14.4 Language Forms
14.4.1 Early Forms
14.4.2 Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Indonesian
14.4.3 Language Position
14.4.5 Signed Forms
Not Available
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
14.5 Scope
15 Code
15.1 ISO 639 1
15.2 ISO 639 2
15.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
15.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
15.3 ISO 639 3
15.4 ISO 639 6
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15.5 Glottocode
15.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
15.7 Types of Language
15.7.1 Language Type
15.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
15.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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