Countries
Georgia
  
Madagascar
  
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
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Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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]
  
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Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Malagasy people
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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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
  
Georgian 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 Georgian and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Malagasy language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Georgian vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian 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 Georgian and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.