Countries
Madagascar
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
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 in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-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!
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
78.00 million
  
21
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.