Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Armenian
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Greece
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Ukraine
France, kerala
Native Name
ελληνικά
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
malayalam
German Name
Neugriechisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Malayali
Origin
1500 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early form
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
mala1464
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Greek and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Malayalam language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Greek vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.
