Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Turkey
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
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
Merhaba
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
İyi Geceler
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
günaydın
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
lütfen
  
azafady
  
Sorry
üzgünüm
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Hoşçakal
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Türkçe
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
turc
  
malgache
  
German Name
Türkisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Turkish
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
c. 1350
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
tr
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tur
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
tur
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
tur
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1301
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Turkish 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 Turkish and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Malagasy language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Turkish vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.