Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Armenian
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1741
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Greece
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
2,800.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Griko
Mappila
Where They Speak
Italy
India
How Many People Speak
50,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Ukraine
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.18 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
malayalam
German Name
Neugriechisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Malayali
Origin
1500 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early form
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Malayalam
Language Position
7429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
mal
ISO 639 2/B
gre
mal
ISO 639 3
ell
mal
ISO 639 6
ells
mal
Glottocode
gree1276
mala1464
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic