Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Prosím
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
slovaque
  
malgache
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Malagasy language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Slovak vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.