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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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