Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
India
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Bihari
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Greek and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Urdu language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Urdu Difficulty
The Greek vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.