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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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Interesting Facts

  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • 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.

Similar To

Armenian
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2421
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1720
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Salama!

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Misaotra

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Alina tsara

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Maraina tsara

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
azafady

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Miala tsiny

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Veloma!

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Greece
Merina

How Many People Speak

2,800.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Italy
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

50,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Ukraine
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How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

252
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
malgache

German Name

Neugriechisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Malagasy people

History

Origin

1500 BC
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Austronesian

Branch

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Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
standard Malagasy

Language Position

7484
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

el
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

gre
mlg

ISO 639 3

ell
mlg

ISO 639 6

ells
mlg

Glottocode

gree1276
mala1537

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Malagasy Alphabets

Greek and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Malagasy. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Greek and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Malagasy languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Malagasy 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 Greek and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Malagasy Speaking population

Greek and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Greek and Malagasy on Greek vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Malagasy Language Codes

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