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Georgian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs 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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Georgian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Malagasy language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Georgian and Malagasy Language History.

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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.

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