Countries
Madagascar
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.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!
  
hej
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
god morgon
  
Please
azafady
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
malgache
  
suédois
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Malagasy and Swedish Speaking population
Malagasy and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Malagasy vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Swedish Language Codes
Malagasy and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.