Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Haiti
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Haiti
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Cuba
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Armenian
French Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Bonjou
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Mèsi
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bon apre-midi
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Souple
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Dezole
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Greece
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Italy
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Cayes
Native Name
ελληνικά
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Haitians
Origin
1500 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European 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
Haitian Creole
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
hait1244
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
51-AAC-cb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Haitian Creole 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 Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Haitian Creole language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Greek vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Haitian Creole 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 Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.