Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Nepal
  
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)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
pranam
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
maf karai
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
maithili
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Maithil
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Greek and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Maithili language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Maithili Difficulty
The Greek vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.