Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Vietnam
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Vietnam
Second Language
Roman Empire
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Armenian
Chinese Language
Derived From
Latin
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Xin chào
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Cam on
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
xin vui lòng
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Xin lỗi
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Greece
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Italy
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
vietnamien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Vietnamese
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
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Glottocode
gree1276
viet1252
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
46-EBA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Greek and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Vietnamese language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Greek vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.
