1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Madagascar
European Union, Malta
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Malta
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
National Council for the Maltese Language
1.8 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Western Arabic Dialects
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Roman Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
Alina tsara
Il-Lejla it-tajba
3.5 Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Il-Lejla it-tajba
3.6 Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
3.7 Good Morning
Maraina tsara
L-għodwa t-tajba
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Inħobbok ħafna
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
Not Present
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
18.00 million0.52 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Malti
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Maltesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Maltese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Maltese Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology