Countries
Madagascar
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2138
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2032
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
312
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salama!
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Misaotra
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Alina tsara
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
azafady
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Veloma!
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Azafady
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Merina
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
22
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
malgache
arménien
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Armenians
Origin
1000 AD
late 5th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
8414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
hye
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
arm
ISO 639 3
mlg
hye
ISO 639 6
mlg
hye
Glottocode
mala1537
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic