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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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