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Greek vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
3  
12

National Language
France  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Merci  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
désolé  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
au revoir  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Français  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
français  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Französisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Hellenic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
13  
12
74  
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
gre  

ISO 639 3
fra  
ell  

ISO 639 6
fras  
ells  

Glottocode
stan1290  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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French and Greek Language History

Comparison of French vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of French and Greek language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on French and Greek Language History.

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French 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 French and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Greek language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common French Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Greek Difficulty

The French vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.

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