Countries
Madagascar
Georgia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
-
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2028
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
Misaotra
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
azafady
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
Veloma!
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
Azafady
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Merina
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Kartli
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Pshavian
Where They Speak
-
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
220
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million4.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.28 %0.64 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
18.00 million4.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
18.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
malgache
géorgien
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Georgians
Origin
1000 AD
5th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Southern
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Modern Georgian
Language Position
84120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Georgian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
-
ISO 639 1
mg
ka
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
kat
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
geo
ISO 639 3
mlg
kat
ISO 639 6
mlg
kat
Glottocode
mala1537
nucl1302
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic