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Serbian and Malagasy


Malagasy and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Salama!  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Maraina tsara  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
azafady  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Veloma!  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
serbe  
malgache  

German Name
Serbisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Austronesian  

Branch
-  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
44  
99+
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
srp  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
srp  
mlg  

Glottocode
serb1264  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Malagasy Speaking population

Serbian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % 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 Serbian and Malagasy on Serbian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Malagasy Language Codes

Serbian and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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