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Malagasy vs Romanian


Romanian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
alo   

Thank You
Misaotra   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
bună Dimineața   

Please
azafady   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
scuze   

Bye
Veloma!   
La revedere   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
Română   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
malgache   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Romanians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1521   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Romanian   

Language Position
84   
99+
36   
28

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
rum   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Malagasy and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Romanian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Romanian Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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