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Serbian and Malagasy


Malagasy and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Salama!   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Maraina tsara   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
azafady   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Veloma!   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Merina   

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

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Sakalava   

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

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
18.00 million   
38

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
serbe   
malgache   

German Name
Serbisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
11th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
44   
33
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
srp   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Serbian and Malagasy Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Serbian and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Malagasy Speaking population

Serbian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Serbian and Malagasy on Serbian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Malagasy Language Codes

Serbian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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