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Malagasy and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
20  
10
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
azafady  
Not Available  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
Not Available  

Bye
Veloma!  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
Not Available  

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
0.13 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
malgache  
abkhaze  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
84  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
abk  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
mala1537  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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All Malagasy and Abkhaz Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malagasy and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malagasy and Abkhaz Speaking population

Malagasy and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malagasy and Abkhaz on Malagasy vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Abkhaz Language Codes

Malagasy and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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