Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Wales
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Wales
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
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Armenian
English Language
Derived From
Latin
British Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Helô
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Diolch
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Nos da
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
P'nawn da
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bore da
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Greece
Argentina
Dialect 2
Griko
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Italy
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Powys
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Cymraeg
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
gallois
German Name
Neugriechisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Welsh people
Origin
1500 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Brythonic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Welsh
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
wels1247
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
50-ABA
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Greek and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Welsh language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Welsh Difficulty
The Greek vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.