Countries
Madagascar
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Catalan-Alpahabets.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
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Bon dia
  
Please
azafady
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
malgache
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-e
  
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 Catalan Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malagasy and Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Catalan language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Catalan Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Catalan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malagasy and Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.