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Greek vs Malagasy


Malagasy vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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)  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

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
2,800.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Sakalava  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
-  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
18.00 million  
32

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
-  
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
74  
99+
84  
99+

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 Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Malagasy language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Malagasy language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Greek and Malagasy Language History.

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Greek and Malagasy 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 Greek and Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Malagasy language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Malagasy Difficulty

The Greek vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Greek and Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is 30 weeks.

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