Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
South Africa
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
South Africa
Second Language
Roman Empire
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Armenian
Dutch Language
Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
hallo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Dankie
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
goeie nag
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
goeie more
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
asseblief
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
jammer
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Not Available
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Greece
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Italy
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Cape Dutch
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
afrikaans
German Name
Neugriechisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Afrikaners
Origin
1500 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gree1276
afri1274
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic
Greek and Afrikaans 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 Greek and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Afrikaans language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Greek vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Greek and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.