Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Roman Empire
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Armenian
German and English Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Hallo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
dankjewel
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
goedemorgen
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
sorry
Bye
αντίο (antío)
vaarwel
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
pardon
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Gronings
Where They Speak
Greece
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Griko
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Italy
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Neugriechisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Dutch people
Origin
1500 BC
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
mode1257
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Greek and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Dutch language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Dutch Difficulty
The Greek vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.
