Countries
Madagascar
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
azafady
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
malgache
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Malagasy and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Slovak language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Slovak Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.