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Polish vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Poland   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Salama!   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Maraina tsara   

Please
proszę   
azafady   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
do widzenia   
Veloma!   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Sakalava   

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

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
18.00 million   
38

Native Name
Polski   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
polonais   
malgache   

German Name
Polnisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
1270   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Austronesian   

Branch
Western   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Polish   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
24   
20
84   
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
pol   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Polish and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Malagasy language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Malagasy Language History.

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

Polish vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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