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Malagasy vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

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.
  
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
-  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
szia  

Thank You
Misaotra  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
jó Reggelt  

Please
azafady  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
bocsi  

Bye
Veloma!  
viszlát  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Bacău County, Rumania  

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

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Székely  

Where They Speak
-  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Magyar  

French Name
malgache  
hongrois  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Indonesian  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
84  
99+
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
hun  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
hun  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
hun  

Glottocode
mala1537  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
No data available  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Malagasy and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Hungarian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD. 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 Hungarian Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Hungarian Difficulty

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

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