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Malaysian and Greek


Greek and Malaysian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Malaysia   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
terima kasih   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
sila   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
maaf   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Greece   

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

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Italy   

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

Dialect 3
Musi   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Ukraine   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
malais   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
54   
39
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
gre   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
stan1306   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
No data available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Malaysian and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Greek Speaking population

Malaysian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Greek on Malaysian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Greek Language Codes

Malaysian and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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