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
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
el
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.