Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Japan
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Japan
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Palau
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Armenian
Korean Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Greece
Kagawa
Where They Speak
Italy
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Kansai
Where They Speak
Ukraine
kansai
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Not Available
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
japonais
German Name
Neugriechisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Japanese
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
nucl1643
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Greek and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Japanese language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Japanese Difficulty
The Greek vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.