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Georgian and Malagasy


Malagasy and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
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
Cabinet of Georgia  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Salama!  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Maraina tsara  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
azafady  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Veloma!  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Sakalava  

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

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.30 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.28 %  
40

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
géorgien  
malgache  

German Name
Georgisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
5th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Austronesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
120  
99+
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
kat  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Object-Subject  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Georgian and Malagasy Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Georgian and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Georgian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Georgian are spoken in different Georgian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Georgian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Georgian dialects include: Judaeo-Georgian, Kartlian. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Georgian and Malagasy Speaking population

Georgian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Georgian and Malagasy on Georgian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Malagasy Language Codes

Georgian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Georgian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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