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Persian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Salama!   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Maraina tsara   

Please
لطفا   
azafady   

Sorry
متاسف   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Veloma!   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Sakalava   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
18.00 million   
38

Native Name
فارسی   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
persan   
malgache   

German Name
Persisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Austronesian   

Branch
Iranian   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
23   
19
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
pes   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Persian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Malagasy language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Persian and Malagasy Language History.

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

Persian vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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