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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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