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
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Dialect 2
Griko
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Italy
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Austronesian
Branch
Not Available
Indonesian
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 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
mala1537
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
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.