Malagasy and Javanese
Countries
Madagascar
Indonesia
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Not Available
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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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
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Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Misaotra
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
piye kabare?
Good Night
Alina tsara
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Sugeng énjing
Please
azafady
Not Available
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Veloma!
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Azafady
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Merina
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Arekan
Where They Speak
Not Available
Indonesia
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
malgache
javanais
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Indonesian
Branch
Indonesian
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Javanese
Signed Forms
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mala1537
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Malagasy and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malagasy and Javanese Speaking population
Malagasy and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Malagasy vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Javanese Language Codes
Malagasy and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
