Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Hai
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
sila
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
maaf
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Not Available
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
malais
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian 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
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Greek and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Malaysian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Greek vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.