Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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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 in
Alphabets
2624
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2417
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Greece
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Griko
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Italy
How Many People Speak
30,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2425
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.18 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million13.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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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
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
5474
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
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