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Greek vs Slovene


Slovene vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Austria, Hungary, Italy   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Armenian   
Serbo-Croatian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
Halo   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
Hvala   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
Lahko noč   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
Dober večer   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
Dober dan   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
Dobro jutro   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
Prosim   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
Oprostite   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
Nasvidenje   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
Ljubim te   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Griko   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
48   
31

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
slovène   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
972-1093   

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   
Slovene   

Language Position
74   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
slv   

ISO 639 3
ell   
slv   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Greek and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Slovene language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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Greek and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Slovene language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Slovene Difficulty

The Greek vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.

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