1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.2 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
1.3 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.4 Speaking Continents
1.5 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.6 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.7 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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
1.8 Similar To
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Dagbani Language
1.9 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.5 Phonology
2.5.1 How Many Vowels
2.5.3 How Many Consonants
2.8 Scripts
2.9 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.10 Hard to Learn
2.10.1 Language Levels
2.10.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Laafi beme ?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
ne y zabre
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Ne y yibeogo
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Veloma!
Wend na kon-d nindaare
3.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Ouapadoupou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Burkina Faso
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
18.00 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Mossi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Austronesian
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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