Countries
Madagascar
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
azafady
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
8.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
malgache
  
serbe
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Serbs
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Malagasy and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Serbian language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Serbian Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.