Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
European Union, Ireland
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Ireland
Second Language
Roman Empire
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Armenian
Not Available
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
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)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
le do thoil
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Tá brón orm
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Greece
Connacht
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Italy
Munster
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Ulster
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
irlandais moyen
German Name
Neugriechisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Irish people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Goidelic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
iris1253
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
50-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Greek and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Irish language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Irish Difficulty
The Greek vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.