Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Madagascar
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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
Romanian
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Alphabets in
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Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Salama!
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Misaotra
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
natën e mirë
Alina tsara
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Maraina tsara
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Më falni
Azafady
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Merina
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Plateau Malagasy
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Shqip
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
albanais
malgache
German Name
Albanisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Malagasy people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
alba1267
mala1537
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Albanian 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 Albanian and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Malagasy language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Albanian vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian 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 Albanian and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is 30 weeks.