Countries
Philippines
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
- 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
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Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
pakiusap
  
azafady
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
tagalog
  
malgache
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
1593
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Malagasy language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.