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Malaysian and Greek


Greek and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Malaysia  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
terima kasih  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
sila  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
maaf  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
malais  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
54  
99+
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
gre  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
ell  

ISO 639 6
may  
ells  

Glottocode
stan1306  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data available  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Malaysian and Greek Speaking population

Malaysian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Greek on Malaysian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Greek Language Codes

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

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