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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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