Countries
Madagascar
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
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 in
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Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.