Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
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)
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Armenian
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
مرحبا
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
شكرا
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
صباح الخير
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
من فضلك
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
آسف
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
أحبك
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Greece
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Sudan
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Levantine
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
arabe
German Name
Neugriechisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Arabs
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
arab1395
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Greek and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Arabic language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Arabic Difficulty
The Greek vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.
