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Greek vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Griko   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

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   

History

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   

Language Position
74   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Greek and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Malaysian language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Greek and Malaysian Language History.

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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.

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