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German vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Salama!   

Thank You
Danke   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Maraina tsara   

Please
bitte   
azafady   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
Tschüs   
Veloma!   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Sakalava   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
18.00 million   
38

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
allemand   
malgache   

German Name
Deutsch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Austronesian   

Branch
Western   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
9   
9
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
deu   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Verb-Object-Subject   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of German vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of German and Malagasy language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Malagasy Language History.

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

German vs Malagasy Difficulty

The German vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.

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