Countries
Madagascar
  
Georgia
  
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
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Derived From
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Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
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
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
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
  
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Glottocode
mala1537
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
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.