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Malagasy vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
-  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
18.00 million  
32

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  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Austronesian  

Branch
Eastern  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
7  
7
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
rus  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
rus  
mlg  

Glottocode
russ1263  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
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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Russian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Malagasy language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian and Malagasy Language History.

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

Russian vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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