Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Madagascar
  
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 in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Greek 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 Greek and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Malagasy language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Greek vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.