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Malagasy vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
-  
Kazakh language agency  

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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
azafady  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Veloma!  
bye  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
-  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
malgache  
kazakh  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Turkic  

Branch
Indonesian  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Kazakh  

Language Position
84  
99+
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
kaz  

Glottocode
mala1537  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Malagasy and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Kazakh language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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