Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Madagascar
  
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 in
Estonian-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
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.