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Malagasy vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
21  
3
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
-  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
20.00 million  
30

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  

History

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
84  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
-  

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Malagasy and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Bosnian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malagasy and Bosnian Language History.

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Malagasy and Bosnian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malagasy and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Bosnian language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malagasy vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Bosnian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malagasy and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is 30 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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