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Malagasy vs Turkish


Turkish vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

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!  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Misaotra  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
günaydın  

Please
azafady  
lütfen  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Veloma!  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
26,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
480,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
140,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available  
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
40
0.95 %  
21

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
malgache  
turc  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Turkic  

Branch
Indonesian  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
84  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
tur  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
tur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1537  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Malagasy and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Turkish language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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Malagasy and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Turkish language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malagasy vs Turkish Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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