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Malagasy and Spanish


Spanish and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
46   
1

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
22   
12

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!   
hola   

Thank You
Misaotra   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
Buenos Días   

Please
azafady   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
triste   

Bye
Veloma!   
adiós   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
Español   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
malgache   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
210 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Romance   

Branch
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
84   
99+
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
spa   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Malagasy and Spanish Speaking population

Malagasy and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Malagasy vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Spanish Language Codes

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

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