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
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Where They Speak
Italy
Indonesia
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
stan1306
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
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.