Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Armenian
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Jeju
Where They Speak
Greece
South Korea
Dialect 2
Griko
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Italy
South Korea
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Ukraine
China, North Korea
Native Name
ελληνικά
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
coréen
German Name
Neugriechisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Koreans
Origin
1500 BC
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
kore1280
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Greek and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Korean language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Korean Difficulty
The Greek vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.