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
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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Greece
Mexico
Dialect 2
Griko
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Italy
Cuba
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
stan1288
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
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.
