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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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