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Galician vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Salama!   

Thank You
Grazas   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Maraina tsara   

Please
Por favor   
azafady   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
Adeus   
Veloma!   

I Love You
Ámote   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Merina   

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

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Sakalava   

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

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
18.00 million   
38

Native Name
Galego   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
galicien   
malgache   

German Name
Galicisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
Not Available   
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
glg   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Object-Subject   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Galician and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Malagasy language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Malagasy Language History.

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

Galician vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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