Countries
Madagascar
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2146
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2038
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salama!
Ahoj
Thank You
Misaotra
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Dobré ráno
Please
azafady
Prosím
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Pardón!
Bye
Veloma!
Dovidenia
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Azafady
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Merina
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
-
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
24
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
malgache
slovaque
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Slovaks
Origin
1000 AD
6th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Slavic
Branch
Indonesian
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Slovak
Language Position
8427
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
slk
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
slo
ISO 639 3
mlg
slk
ISO 639 6
mlg
slk
Glottocode
mala1537
slov1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic