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Malagasy vs Georgian


Georgian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  

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  
Cabinet of Georgia  

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.
  
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Georgian script  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
azafady  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
Veloma!  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Kartli  

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

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Pshavi  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
4.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
Not Available  

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
4.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
ქართული ენა  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  

French Name
malgache  
géorgien  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Georgians  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
5th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Southern  

Branch
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
84  
99+
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
geo  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
kat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1537  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Malagasy and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Georgian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century. 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 Georgian Language History.

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Malagasy and Georgian 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 Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Georgian language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malagasy vs Georgian Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Georgian 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 Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.

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