Countries
Madagascar
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
azafady
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
maaf
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
malgache
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Malagasy and Indonesian Speaking population
Malagasy and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Malagasy vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Indonesian Language Codes
Malagasy and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.