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Bulgarian and Malagasy


Malagasy and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bulgaria  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • 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
Macedonian language  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Salama!  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Maraina tsara  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
azafady  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Veloma!  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
-  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
bulgare  
malgache  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Austronesian  

Branch
Southern  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
88  
99+
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
bul  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
buls  
mlg  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Verb-Object-Subject  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Bulgarian and Malagasy Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bulgarian and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bulgarian and Malagasy Speaking population

Bulgarian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bulgarian and Malagasy on Bulgarian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Malagasy Language Codes

Bulgarian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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