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Malaysian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Salama!  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Maraina tsara  

Please
sila  
azafady  

Sorry
maaf  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Veloma!  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
malais  
malgache  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Austronesian  

Branch
-  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
54  
99+
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
may  
mlg  

Glottocode
stan1306  
mala1537  

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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Malaysian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Malagasy language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Malaysian and Malagasy Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Malaysian and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is 30 weeks.

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