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Romanian and Malagasy


Malagasy and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Salama!   

Thank You
multumesc   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Maraina tsara   

Please
Vă Rog   
azafady   

Sorry
scuze   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
La revedere   
Veloma!   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Sakalava   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
18.00 million   
38

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
malgache   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
1521   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
36   
28
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
ron   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Object-Subject   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Romanian 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 Romanian and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Romanian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Romanian are spoken in different Romanian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Romanian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Romanian dialects include: Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Romanian and Malagasy Speaking population

Romanian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % 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 Romanian and Malagasy on Romanian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Malagasy Language Codes

Romanian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Romanian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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