I would even say they’re only a little similar if you’re not familiar with neither Greek nor any of the Romance-branch languages.
I worked with a bunch of “malakas” from Greece ;) and it really is quite uniquelly sounding for somebody who can speak a bunch of other European languages (the only language I ever confused with it was Finnish and it still sounded not-quite-it).
I would even say they’re only a little similar if you’re not familiar with neither Greek nor any of the Romance-branch languages.
I worked with a bunch of “malakas” from Greece ;) and it really is quite uniquelly sounding for somebody who can speak a bunch of other European languages (the only language I ever confused with it was Finnish and it still sounded not-quite-it).