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Malagasy vs Italian


Italian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
16   
6

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   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
ciao   

Thank You
Misaotra   
grazie   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
buongiorno   

Please
azafady   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
scusate   

Bye
Veloma!   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Italiano   

French Name
malgache   
italien   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Italians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
960 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Romance   

Branch
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Italian   

Language Position
84   
99+
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
ita   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
mala1537   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Malagasy and Italian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Italian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Italian Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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