About Malagasy Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Malagasy is an Austronesian language that is the national language of Madagascar. It is one of the Barito languages that is also related to the Ma’anyan language. You will be surprised to know that it is still spleen in Borneo. Malagasy is greatly inspired by Malay and Javanese words during the time of trading between Madagascar and the Sunda Islands. During the 1000 AD, this language also included Bantu and other Arabic words. Malagasy is spoken by 25 million in Madagascar and Comoros. This language is divided into two different dialects that are the Eastern and the Western. Merina dialect is the basis of this language while standard Malagasy is the other popular dialect. This language is based on the Sorabe, Latin, and Arabic scripts. The vowels include close, mid, and open types while the verbs have three productive voice forms.
About Malay Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Malay is the official language of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. It is also spoken unofficially in many parts of Thailand. You will be surprised to know that the native speakers of this language exceed 290 million. There are around 260 million people in Indonesia alone who speak Malay. Standard Malay has many different names. It is also known as Court Malay. Speakers find it easy to distinguish this language from others. Malay is written in the Latin script but Arabic script is also a huge part of it. However, this Latin script is more common among people of Malaysia and Brunei. Since the 17th century, this language is inspired by Dutch and Britain. Jawi script was also replaced by Rumi script that is now officially used for many purposes. Malay features many non-native consonants that are borrowed from English and Arabic words.
