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Malagasy and Romanian


Romanian and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
alo  

Thank You
Misaotra  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
bună Dimineața  

Please
azafady  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
scuze  

Bye
Veloma!  
La revedere  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
Română  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
malgache  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1521  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Romanian  

Language Position
84  
99+
36  
28

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
rum  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1537  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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All Malagasy and Romanian 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 Romanian dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malagasy and Romanian Speaking population

Malagasy and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Malagasy vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Romanian Language Codes

Malagasy and Romanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Romanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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