Countries
Philippines
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Palihug
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Babay
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
cebuano
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
16th century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Greek language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Greek Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.