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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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