Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Ethiopia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Not Available
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Armenian
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Selam
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
i'bakwon
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
aznallehu
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Gondar
Where They Speak
Greece
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Ethiopia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Not Available
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
amharique
German Name
Neugriechisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Amharas
Origin
1500 BC
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Amharic
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
amha1245
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Greek and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Amharic language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Amharic Difficulty
The Greek vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.