Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- 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
Spanish
  
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Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Mesedez
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Agur
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
Not available
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
basque
  
malgache
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Basque 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 Basque and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Malagasy language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Basque vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque 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 Basque and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.