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Polish vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Poland  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
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Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Salama!  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Maraina tsara  

Please
proszę  
azafady  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
do widzenia  
Veloma!  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
-  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
Polski  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
polonais  
malgache  

German Name
Polnisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
1270  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Austronesian  

Branch
Western  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Polish  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
24  
22
84  
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
pol  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
pols  
mlg  

Glottocode
poli1260  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
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Polish and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Malagasy language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Malagasy Language History.

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

Polish vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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