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Italian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
21   
3
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.28 %   
40

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   

History

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   

Language Position
27   
23
84   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Italian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Malagasy language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Malagasy Language History.

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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.

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