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Albanian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • 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
Romanian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Salama!   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Maraina tsara   

Please
Ju lutem   
azafady   

Sorry
Me fal   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Veloma!   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Sakalava   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
18.00 million   
38

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
albanais   
malgache   

German Name
Albanisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
Not Available   
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Verb-Object-Subject   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Albanian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Malagasy language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Malagasy Language History.

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Albanian 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 Albanian and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Malagasy language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Albanian vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian 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 Albanian and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.

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