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Turkish vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
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
Merhaba  
Salama!  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Maraina tsara  

Please
lütfen  
azafady  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Veloma!  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
-  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
Türkçe  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
turc  
malgache  

German Name
Türkisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Austronesian  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
19  
17
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
tur  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
tur  
mlg  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Turkish and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Malagasy language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Malagasy Language History.

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

Turkish vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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