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
  
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 in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
489.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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