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Malagasy and Serbian


Serbian and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
azafady  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Veloma!  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Southeastern Serbia  

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

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Serbia  

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

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
Not Available  

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Montenegrin  

French Name
malgache  
serbe  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
11th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
84  
99+
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
srp  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1537  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-g  

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

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Malagasy and Serbian Speaking population

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

Malagasy and Serbian Language Codes

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

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