Countries
Madagascar
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
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
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Armenian National 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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
azafady
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
malgache
  
arménien
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Armenians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Malagasy and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Armenian language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Armenian Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.