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Croatian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
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
bok  
Salama!  

Thank You
hvala  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
kako si  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
laku noć  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Maraina tsara  

Please
molim  
azafady  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Veloma!  

I Love You
Volim te  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
-  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
hrvatski  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
croate  
malgache  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
9th century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Austronesian  

Branch
-  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
23  
21
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
mlg  

Glottocode
croa1245  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Object-Subject  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Croatian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Malagasy language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Croatian and Malagasy Language History.

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Croatian 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 Croatian and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Malagasy language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Croatian vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is 30 weeks.

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