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Korean and Malagasy


Malagasy and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Salama!  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Maraina tsara  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
azafady  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Veloma!  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
-  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
coréen  
malgache  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Austronesian  

Branch
-  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
12  
11
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
kor  
mlg  

Glottocode
kore1280  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Korean 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 Korean and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Malagasy Speaking population

Korean and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % 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 Korean and Malagasy on Korean vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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