1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Madagascar
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Sweden
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
1.8 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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Norwegian and Danish Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Old Norse Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
god eftermiddag
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
jag älskar dig
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Dialects
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Dialects
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0078,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA96,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
NA15.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
18.00 million8.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Ruotsi, Svenska
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Schwedisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Swedes, Finland Swedes
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Indonesian
Northern (Scandinavian)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Swedish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Swedish
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
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
52-AAA-ck to -cw
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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