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Malagasy
Malagasy

Albanian
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania

Regulated By

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Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Romanian

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2136
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2029
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
Përshëndetje

Thank You

Misaotra
Ju faleminderit

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
Si jeni?

Good Night

Alina tsara
natën e mirë

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
mirëmbrëma

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
mirëdita

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
mirëmengjes

Please

azafady
Ju lutem

Sorry

Miala tsiny
Me fal

Bye

Veloma!
mirupafshim

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
unë e dua ju

Excuse Me

Azafady
Më falni

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Gheg Albanian

Where They Speak

Merina
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Tosk Albanian

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.001,800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Arbëresh

Where They Speak

-
Italy

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

24
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million7.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million3.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million3.60 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
shqip / gjuha shqipe

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Shqip

French Name

malgache
albanais

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Albanisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ʃcip]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Albanians

History

Origin

1000 AD
1462 AD

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
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Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Albanian

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Standard Albanian

Language Position

8414
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
sq

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
sqi

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
alb

ISO 639 3

mlg
sqi

ISO 639 6

mlg
sqi

Glottocode

mala1537
alba1267

Linguasphere

No data available
55-AAA-aaa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Synthetic

Malagasy and Albanian Alphabets

Malagasy and Albanian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Albanian. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Malagasy and Albanian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Albanian languages. The Malagasy phonology consist Malagasy vowels and Malagasy consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malagasy greetings vs Albanian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Albanian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Albanian Speaking population

Malagasy and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. 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 Malagasy and Albanian on Malagasy vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Albanian Language Codes

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