Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
India
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
India
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
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)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Tulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Greek and Tulu 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 Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Tulu language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Tulu Difficulty
The Greek vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Tulu 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 Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.