Countries
Madagascar
  
Wales
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Wales
  
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
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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.
  
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Bore da
  
Please
azafady
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
malgache
  
gallois
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Malagasy and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Welsh language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Welsh Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.