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Arabic vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Salama!  

Thank You
شكرا  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Maraina tsara  

Please
من فضلك  
azafady  

Sorry
آسف  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
وداعا  
Veloma!  

I Love You
أحبك  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
Not Available  

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.28 %  
40

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
Not Available  

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
arabe  
malgache  

German Name
Arabisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Austronesian  

Branch
North Arabic  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
25  
21
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
ara  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Arabic and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Malagasy language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Malagasy Language History.

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

Arabic vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Arabic vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.

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