Countries
Madagascar
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Indonesia
  
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
  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
azafady
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Pekalongan
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Cirebon
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Arekan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
82.00 million
  
19
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
76.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
basa Jawa
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Djawa, Jawa
  
French Name
malgache
  
javanais
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Javanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
450 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Javanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
jv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
jav
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
jav
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
jav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
java1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Malagasy and Javanese 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 Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Javanese language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Javanese Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Javanese 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 Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.