Countries
West Java
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Mangga
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
Not Available
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
soundanais
  
malgache
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
sund1251
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Sundanese and Malagasy Speaking population
Sundanese and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % 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 Sundanese and Malagasy on Sundanese vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sundanese and Malagasy Language Codes
Sundanese and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sundanese and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.