Countries
Madagascar
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
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
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Tere
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
azafady
  
Palun
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
malgache
  
estonien
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Estonians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Malagasy and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Estonian language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Estonian Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.