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Malagasy vs Swedish


Swedish vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
hej  

Thank You
Misaotra  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
god morgon  

Please
azafady  
vänligen  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
ledsen  

Bye
Veloma!  
hej då  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
-  
France  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
malgache  
suédois  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
13th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indonesian  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
84  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
swe  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
swe  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
swe  

Glottocode
mala1537  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

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 Swedish Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Swedish language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Swedish Difficulty

The Malagasy vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is 30 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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