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Estonian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Salama!  

Thank You
aitäh  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Maraina tsara  

Please
Palun  
azafady  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
Head aega  
Veloma!  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Merina  

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

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.28 %  
40

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Native Name
eesti keel  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
estonien  
malgache  

German Name
Estnisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
13th century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Austronesian  

Branch
Finnic  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
Not Available  
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
est  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Estonian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Malagasy language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Malagasy Language History.

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

Estonian vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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