Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
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)
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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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
zoo hmo
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
zoo tav su
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
thov
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
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I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Greece
Laos
Dialect 2
Griko
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Italy
China
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Vietnam
Native Name
ελληνικά
Hmong
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Mong
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
hmong
German Name
Neugriechisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
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Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Hmong people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Hmong–Mien 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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Hmong
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
el
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
ell
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ISO 639 2/B
gre
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ISO 639 6
ells
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Glottocode
gree1276
firs1234
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Hmong 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 Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Hmong language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Hmong Difficulty
The Greek vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Hmong 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 Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.
