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Malayalam and Greek


Greek and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
3   
12

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Armenian   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
7   
4

How Many Consonants
41   
30
17   
7

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Griko   

Where They Speak
India   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
malayalam   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Malayalam   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
29   
24
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
gre   

ISO 639 3
mal   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
mala1464   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
No data available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Malayalam and Greek 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 Malayalam and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malayalam and Greek Speaking population

Malayalam and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Malayalam and Greek on Malayalam vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Greek Language Codes

Malayalam and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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