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Malagasy vs Greek


Greek vs Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
-  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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

Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salama!  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Misaotra  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Alina tsara  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Maraina tsara  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
azafady  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Miala tsiny  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Veloma!  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Tiako ianao.  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Azafady  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Merina  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Sakalava  
Italy  

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

Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
-  
Ukraine  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.28 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
18.00 million  
38
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy  
ελληνικά  

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

French Name
malgache  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Malagasy people  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Austronesian  
Hellenic  

Branch
Indonesian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
84  
99+
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mg  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
mlg  
gre  

ISO 639 3
mlg  
ell  

ISO 639 6
mlg  
ells  

Glottocode
mala1537  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data available  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Malagasy and Greek Language History

Comparison of Malagasy vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Malagasy and Greek language. History of Malagasy language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Malagasy and Greek Language History.

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

Malagasy vs Greek Difficulty

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

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