Countries
Madagascar
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Not Available
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Not Available
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Alina tsara
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Bonjour
Please
azafady
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Azafady
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Merina
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
African French
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Not Available
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
français
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Français
French Name
malgache
français
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Not Available
Origin
1000 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Romance
Branch
Indonesian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard French
Signed Forms
Not Available
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
mala1537
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Malagasy and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and French language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs French Difficulty
The Malagasy vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.