Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ciao
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Per Favore
  
azafady
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
italien
  
malgache
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
960 BC
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Italian 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 Italian and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Malagasy language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Italian vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.