Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Mi petas
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Ukraine
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
Not Available
  
Native Name
Esperanto
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
espéranto
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
1887
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Greek language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Greek Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.