Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
East Asia, European Union, South America
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
Roman Empire
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe, South America
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)
Akademio de Esperanto
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Armenian
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Halo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Dankon
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bonan matenon
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Mi petas
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Mi bedaŭras!
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Ĝis poste
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Pardonu!
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Not present
Where They Speak
Greece
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Not present
Where They Speak
Italy
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Not present
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Not present
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
espéranto
German Name
Neugriechisch
Esperanto
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Esperanto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signuno
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
espe1235
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
51-AAB-da
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Greek and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Esperanto language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Greek vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.