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
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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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Time Taken to Learn
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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
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
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Where They Speak
Novgorod
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How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Russki
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
russe
malgache
German Name
Russisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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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
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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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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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 Not Available.