Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Madagascar
  
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
  
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Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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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.