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Greek and Malagasy


Malagasy and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
Salama!   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
Maraina tsara   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
azafady   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
Veloma!   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Eastern Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Merina   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Griko   
Western Malagasy   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Sakalava   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
18.00 million   
38

Native Name
ελληνικά   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
malgache   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
74   
99+
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
ell   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Greek and Malagasy Speaking population

Greek and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Malagasy on Greek vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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