Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Georgia
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
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)
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Armenian
Not Available
Derived From
Latin
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Greece
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Where They Speak
Italy
Kartli
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Pshavi
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
géorgien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Georgians
Origin
1500 BC
5th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Southern
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Georgian
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
nucl1302
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Greek and Georgian 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 Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Georgian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Georgian Difficulty
The Greek vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Georgian 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 Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.
