Countries
Madagascar
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
Similar To
Not Available
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Salama!
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Misaotra
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Alina tsara
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
azafady
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Veloma!
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Azafady
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Merina
Greece
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Griko
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Italy
Dialect 3
Not Available
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ukraine
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
malgache
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Hellenic
Branch
Indonesian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
mala1537
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Malagasy and Greek 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 Malagasy and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Greek language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Greek Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy Alphabets and Greek 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 Malagasy and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.