Countries
Madagascar
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
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Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2131
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2026
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
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!
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Misaotra
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
azafady
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
жал (žal)
Bye
Veloma!
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Azafady
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Merina
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Debar
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Galičnik
Where They Speak
-
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
228
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
malgache
macédonien
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Macedonians
Origin
1000 AD
2200 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Slavic
Branch
Indonesian
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Macedonian
Language Position
8445
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
mac
ISO 639 3
mlg
mkd
ISO 639 6
mlg
mkd
Glottocode
mala1537
mace1250
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
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Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic