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Malagasy vs German


German vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
hallo   

Thank You
Misaotra   
Danke   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
guten Morgen   

Please
azafady   
bitte   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Veloma!   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
malgache   
allemand   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Germans   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indonesian   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
84   
99+
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
ger   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
mala1537   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Malagasy and German Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and German language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Malagasy vs German Difficulty

The Malagasy vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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