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Malagasy and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Misaotra   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
azafady   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
Veloma!   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Bulgaria   

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

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Bulgaria   

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

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
Not Available   

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Balgarski   

French Name
malgache   
bulgare   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indonesian   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
84   
99+
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
bul   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
mala1537   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Malagasy and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malagasy and Bulgarian Speaking population

Malagasy and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian on Malagasy vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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