Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
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
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
- 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
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Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Not Available
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
malgache
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Malagasy language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.