Home

Most Difficult Languages + -

Easiest Languages to Learn + -

Most Spoken Languages + -

Best Languages to Learn + -

Indian Languages + -

Languagevs


Malagasy vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Misaotra   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
azafady   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Veloma!   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
Not Available   

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
malgache   
macédonien   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indonesian   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Macedonian   

Language Position
84   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
mac   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

Countries >>
<< All

Malagasy and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Macedonian language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Malagasy vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages