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Malagasy vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Bulgarian 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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
azafady  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Veloma!  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
-  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Balgarski  

French Name
malgache  
bulgare  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indonesian  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
84  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
bul  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
bul  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
buls  

Glottocode
mala1537  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Malagasy and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Bulgarian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Bulgarian Language History.

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Malagasy and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Bulgarian language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malagasy vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is 30 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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