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Malagasy vs Slovak


Slovak vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
21   
3
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
38   
27

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   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
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   

History

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
84   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Malagasy and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Slovak language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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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.

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