Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Madagascar
National Language
Russia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Salama!
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Misaotra
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Maraina tsara
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
azafady
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Miala tsiny
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Veloma!
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Merina
Dialect 2
Olonets
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Olonets
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Novgorod
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Native Name
Русский
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Russki
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
russe
malgache
German Name
Russisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Russians
Malagasy people
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Austronesian
Branch
Eastern
Indonesian
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
russ1263
mala1537
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Russian and Malagasy Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Malagasy Speaking population
Russian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Malagasy on Russian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Malagasy Language Codes
Russian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.