Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Madagascar
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
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Greece
Merina
Dialect 2
Griko
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Italy
Sakalava
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
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]
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Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Malagasy people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Austronesian
Branch
Not Available
Indonesian
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
standard Malagasy
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
ells
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Glottocode
gree1276
mala1537
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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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.