Countries
Madagascar
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-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!
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
azafady
  
thov
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
3.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Mong
  
French Name
malgache
  
hmong
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
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Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
19
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
mala1537
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Malagasy and Hmong 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 Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Hmong language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Hmong Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Hmong 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 Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.