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Malagasy vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Abkhazia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
20  
10
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
azafady  
Not Available  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
Not Available  

Bye
Veloma!  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Abkhazia  

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

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Caucasus  

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

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Turkey  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
Not Available  

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
0.13 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
malgache  
abkhaze  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
84  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
abk  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
mala1537  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Malagasy and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Abkhaz language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malagasy and Abkhaz Language History.

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Malagasy and Abkhaz Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malagasy and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Abkhaz language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malagasy vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malagasy and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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