Countries
Madagascar
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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.
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
azafady
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
malgache
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1887
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Esperanto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
mala1537
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Malagasy and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Esperanto language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.