Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Somalia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Yemen
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Armenian
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Hello
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Fadlan
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
sorry
Bye
αντίο (antío)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Greece
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Standard Somali
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
somali
German Name
Neugriechisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Somalis
Origin
1500 BC
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Somali
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
soma1255
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Somali language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Somali Difficulty
The Greek vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.