Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
India
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Oceania
  
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)
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
hindi
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
hins
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Greek and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Hindi language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Hindi Difficulty
The Greek vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.