1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Madagascar
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Salama!
γεια σας (geia sas)
3.2 Thank You
Misaotra
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
3.3 How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
3.4 Good Night
Alina tsara
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
3.5 Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
3.7 Good Morning
Maraina tsara
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
3.8 Please
azafady
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
3.9 Sorry
Miala tsiny
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
3.12 Excuse Me
Azafady
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Cappadocian Greek
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0050,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
NA13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
18.00 million13.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
5.3.4 French Name
malgache
grec moderne (après 1453)
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Neugriechisch
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Greeks or Hellenes
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
6.3.2 Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Modern Greek
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic