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Malaysian and Malagasy


Malagasy and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
30,000.00   
40
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
Not Available   

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.28 %   
40

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   

History

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   

Language Position
54   
39
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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