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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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