Countries
Madagascar
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
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Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2036
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Misaotra
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
azafady
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Veloma!
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Azafady
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Merina
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Pirdop
Where They Speak
-
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Balgarski
French Name
malgache
bulgare
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Bulgarian people
Origin
1000 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Slavic
Branch
Indonesian
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
8488
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
bul
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
bul
ISO 639 3
mlg
bul
ISO 639 6
mlg
buls
Glottocode
mala1537
bulg1262
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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