Countries
Madagascar
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
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Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
azafady
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
malgache
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Malagasy and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Cebuano language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.