Countries
Madagascar
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
France, Spain
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
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Spanish
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Egun on
  
Please
azafady
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
malgache
  
basque
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
40-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
  
Malagasy and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Basque language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Basque Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.