Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Malaysia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Thailand
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Armenian
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Latin
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1724
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Hai
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
terima kasih
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Selamat pagi
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
sila
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
maaf
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Greece
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
2,800.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Pekal
Where They Speak
Italy
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
50,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Musi
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2524
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.18 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
malais
German Name
Neugriechisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Malaysian people
Origin
1500 BC
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
7454
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
msa
ISO 639 2/B
gre
may
ISO 639 3
ell
zsm
ISO 639 6
ells
may
Glottocode
gree1276
stan1306
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
Agglutinative