Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Madagascar
  
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.
- 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 in
Albanian-Alphabets.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
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
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.