Countries
Madagascar
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.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!
  
hej
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
god morgon
  
Please
azafady
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
malgache
  
suédois
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
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 Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Swedish language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Swedish Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.