Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hai
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
sila
  
azafady
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
malais
  
malgache
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
All Malaysian and Malagasy Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malaysian and Malagasy Speaking population
Malaysian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Malagasy on Malaysian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Malagasy Language Codes
Malaysian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.