Countries
Madagascar
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
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.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
azafady
  
Not available
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
malgache
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
18th 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
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Malagasy and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Ilocano language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.