Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Ukraine
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Ukraine
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
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.
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
Similar To
Armenian
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
будь ласк
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Podillian
Where They Speak
Greece
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Rivne, Volyn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Steppe
Where They Speak
Ukraine
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Native Name
ελληνικά
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
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French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
ukrainien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Ukrainians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Ukrainian
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
ukra1253
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Greek and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Ukrainian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Greek vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.
