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Malagasy and Georgian


Georgian and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Georgia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Cabinet of Georgia   

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.
  
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Anatolian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Georgian script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   

Thank You
Misaotra   
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Please
azafady   
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
ბოდიში (bodishi)   

Bye
Veloma!   
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Judaeo-Georgian   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Kartlian   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Kartli   

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

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Pshavian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Pshavi   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
4.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
Not Available   

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
4.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
ქართული ენა   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   

French Name
malgache   
géorgien   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Georgisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Georgians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
5th Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Kartvelian Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Southern   

Branch
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Modern Georgian   

Language Position
84   
99+
120   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
ka   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
kat   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
geo   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
kat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
nucl1302   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Malagasy and Georgian Speaking population

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

Malagasy and Georgian Language Codes

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