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Greek vs Czech


Czech vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Czech Republic   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Institute of the Czech Language   

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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Armenian   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
32   
21

How Many Consonants
17   
7
32   
22

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
ahoj   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
děkuji   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
dobré ráno   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
prosím   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
litovat   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
sbohem   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Chod   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Griko   
Lach   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
tchèque   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Czechs   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
74   
99+
73   
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Czech Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
cze   

ISO 639 3
ell   
ces   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
53-AAA-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Greek and Czech Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Czech language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Czech Language History.

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Greek and Czech 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 Czech greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Czech language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Czech word for "Thank You" is děkuji. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Czech Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Czech Difficulty

The Greek vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Czech 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 Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.

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