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
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
tschao
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
el
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.