1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
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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?
Manao ahoana!
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Alina tsara
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
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
Sakalava
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
NA25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
18.00 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Malagasy people
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6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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