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Malagasy and Croatian


Croatian and Malagasy


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
9  
7

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Austria  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
-  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
bok  

Thank You
Misaotra  
hvala  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
kako si  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
dobro jutro  

Please
azafady  
molim  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
Oprostite  

Bye
Veloma!  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Shtokavian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Hrvatski  

French Name
malgache  
croate  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Croats  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
9th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
-  

Branch
Indonesian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
84  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
hrv  

Glottocode
mala1537  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Malagasy and Croatian Speaking population

Malagasy and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Malagasy vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Croatian Language Codes

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

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