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Malagasy vs Persian


Persian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
سلام  

Thank You
Misaotra  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
صبح به خیر  

Please
azafady  
لطفا  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
متاسف  

Bye
Veloma!  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
malgache  
persan  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indonesian  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Persian  

Language Position
84  
99+
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
per  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1537  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Malagasy and Persian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Persian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Persian Difficulty

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

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