Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hej
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
vänligen
  
azafady
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
hej då
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
suédois
  
malgache
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swedish and Malagasy Speaking population
Swedish and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Malagasy on Swedish vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swedish and Malagasy Language Codes
Swedish and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.