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Malagasy vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
China, Mongolia   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
13   
10

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
Misaotra   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
azafady   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
Veloma!   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
5.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
Not Available   

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
5.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Not Available   

French Name
malgache   
mongol   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Mongolian   

Branch
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Language Position
84   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
mon   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
No data available   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Malagasy and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Mongolian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Mongolian Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Mongolian Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.

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