Countries
Madagascar
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Hai
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
azafady
  
sila
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
maaf
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malgache
  
malais
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
stan1306
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
All Malagasy and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malagasy and Malaysian Speaking population
Malagasy and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian 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 Malaysian on Malagasy vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Malaysian Language Codes
Malagasy and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.