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Serbian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs 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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Serbian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Malagasy language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Malagasy Language History.

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

Serbian vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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