Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Madagascar
National Language
Spain
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- 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 Language
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Gracias
Misaotra
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Maraina tsara
I Love You
Te Quiero
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Azafady
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Mexico
Merina
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Cuba
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
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Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
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How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Español
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
espagnol; castillan
malgache
German Name
Spanisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
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Ethnicity
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Malagasy people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Romance
Austronesian
Branch
Not Available
Indonesian
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
stan1288
mala1537
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish and Malagasy Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Malagasy language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Spanish vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Malagasy Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.