Countries
Madagascar
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
-
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2130
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2025
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salama!
Zdravo
Thank You
Misaotra
Hvala
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Kako si?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Laku noc
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Dobro jutro
Please
azafady
molim vas
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Oprostite
Bye
Veloma!
Zbogom
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Volim te
Excuse Me
Azafady
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Merina
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
-
Croatia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
26
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
malgache
bosniaque
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Bosniaks
Origin
1000 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Bosnian
Language Position
8424
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
bos
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
bos
ISO 639 3
mlg
bos
ISO 639 6
mlg
boss
Glottocode
mala1537
bosn1245
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-