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Malagasy vs Korean


Korean vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
azafady  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Veloma!  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Merina  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
malgache  
coréen  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Koreans  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
84  
99+
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
kor  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1537  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Malagasy and Korean Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Korean language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Korean Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Korean Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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