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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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