Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Philippines
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Philippines
Second Language
Roman Empire
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
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)
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Armenian
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Latin
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
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Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Kumusta
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Salamat
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kumusta
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
magandang gabi
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Magandang umaga
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Mangyaring
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
pinagsisisihan
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Bikol
Where They Speak
Greece
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Italy
Philippines
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
filipino
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Pilipino
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Neugriechisch
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Not Available
Origin
1500 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Filipino
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
No Data Available
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
fili1244
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No Data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Filipino language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Filipino Difficulty
The Greek vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.