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Greek vs Arabic


Arabic vs Greek


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
23   
4

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

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

Alphabets
24   
6
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
17   
7
28   
18

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
وداعا   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Griko   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

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   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
74   
99+
25   
21

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
ara   

ISO 639 3
ell   
ara   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
12-AAC   

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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Greek and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Arabic language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. 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 Greek and Arabic Language History.

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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.

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