Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
- 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
Serbian and Croatian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Zdravo
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Kako si?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Laku noc
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Dobro veće
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
molim vas
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Zbogom
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
11
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
bosniaque
  
malgache
  
German Name
Bosnisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bosnian
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
bs
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bos
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
bos
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
bos
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
boss
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bosn1245
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Bosnian 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 Bosnian and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Malagasy language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian 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 Bosnian and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.