Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
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 in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.