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Ukrainian vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ukraine  
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
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Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Swahili and Comorian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

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
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Misaotra  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
Manao ahoana!  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Alina tsara  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Manao ahoana e  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Maraina tsara  

Please
будь ласк  
azafady  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Miala tsiny  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Veloma!  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
Tiako ianao.  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Azafady  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
-  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Fiteny Malagasy  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Malagasy Sign Language  

French Name
ukrainien  
malgache  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Malagassi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Malagasy people  

History

Origin
1561  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Austronesian  

Branch
Eastern  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
26  
24
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
mg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
mlg  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
mlg  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
mlg  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
mlg  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
mala1537  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
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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Ukrainian and Malagasy Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Malagasy language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Malagasy Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Malagasy Difficulty

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

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