Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Armenian
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Habari
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Asante
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Habari gani?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
tafadhali
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
pole
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Greece
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Not Available
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
swahili
German Name
Neugriechisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1500 BC
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
swah1254
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Swahili language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Swahili Difficulty
The Greek vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.