Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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 in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Greece
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Italy
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
stan1306
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
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.