Countries
Madagascar
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
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Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
Salama!
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Misaotra
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
azafady
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Veloma!
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Azafady
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Merina
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Olonets
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Olonets
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Not Available
Novgorod
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Русский
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Russki
French Name
malgache
russe
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Russians
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Slavic
Branch
Indonesian
Eastern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1537
russ1263
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Malagasy and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Malagasy and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malagasy are spoken in different Malagasy Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malagasy vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy, Western Malagasy. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malagasy and Russian Speaking population
Malagasy and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Malagasy vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Russian Language Codes
Malagasy and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.