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Malagasy and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
-  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
azafady  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Veloma!  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Merina  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
-  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
malgache  
ukrainien  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1561  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indonesian  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
84  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
ukr  

Glottocode
mala1537  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Malagasy and Ukrainian Speaking population

Malagasy and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Malagasy vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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