Countries
Madagascar
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-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!
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
azafady
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
malgache
  
slovène
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
972-1093
  
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
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Malagasy and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Slovene language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Slovene Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.