Countries
Madagascar
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
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, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
University of Sarajevo
  
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.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
azafady
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malgache
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
19th 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
  
Bosnian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Malagasy and Bosnian 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 Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Bosnian language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Bosnian 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 Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.