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Malaysian vs Greek


Greek vs 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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Malaysian and Greek Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Greek language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Malaysian and Greek Language History.

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Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Greek language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Greek Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.

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