Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
谢谢
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
你好吗？
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
晚安
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
晚上好
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
下午好
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
早上好
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
请
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
遗憾
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
我爱你
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
原谅我
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Ukraine
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
Not Available
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Not Available
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
17th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
el
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
ell
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
gre
ISO 639 3
No data available
ell
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
cant1236
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Greek language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Greek Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.