Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Philippines
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Philippines
Second Language
Roman Empire
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Armenian
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Kamusta
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Salamat po
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Magandang umaga po
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
pakiusap
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
pinagsisisihan
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Greece
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Filipino
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
tagalog
German Name
Neugriechisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Tagalog people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Filipino
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
taga1269
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
31-CKA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Tagalog language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Greek vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.
