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Malagasy vs Polish


Polish vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Poland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
cześć  

Thank You
Misaotra  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
Dzień dobry  

Please
azafady  
proszę  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Veloma!  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
malgache  
polonais  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Poles  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1270  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indonesian  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Polish  

Language Position
84  
99+
24  
20

Signed Forms
Not Available  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
pol  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
pol  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
pols  

Glottocode
mala1537  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Malagasy and Polish Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Polish language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Polish Difficulty

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

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