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Malagasy vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Misaotra   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
azafady   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Veloma!   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Merina   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Rivne, Volyn   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Not Available   

French Name
malgache   
ukrainien   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1561   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indonesian   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
84   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Malagasy and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Ukrainian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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