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Spanish vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
46  
1

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Spain  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
French Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
hola  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Gracias  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Buenos Días  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
triste  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
adiós  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Griko  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Español  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
74  
99+
2  
2

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
spa  

ISO 639 3
ell  
spa  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Greek and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Spanish language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Greek vs Spanish Difficulty

The Greek vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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