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Malagasy vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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 politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
Hai   

Thank You
Misaotra   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
Selamat pagi   

Please
azafady   
sila   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
maaf   

Bye
Veloma!   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Not Available   

French Name
malgache   
malais   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
84   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
may   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
stan1306   

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
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Malagasy and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Malaysian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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