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Japanese vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Griko  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
ελληνικά  
日本語  

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)  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Language Position
74  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
ell  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Greek and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Japanese language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Greek and Japanese Language History.

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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.

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