1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Madagascar
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malaysia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
1.4 Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Indonesian Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Tamil Language
Not Available
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?
Apa khabar?
Manao ahoana!
3.4 Good Night
Selamat Malam
Alina tsara
3.5 Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Manao ahoana e
3.6 Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Manao ahoana e
3.7 Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Maraina tsara
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Tiako ianao.
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Eastern Malagasy
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Merina
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,600,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.001,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
175.00 millionNA
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million18.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Fiteny Malagasy
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Malagasy Sign Language
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Malaiisch
Malagassi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Malagasy people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Austronesian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
standard Malagasy
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
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
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Verb-Object-Subject
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available