Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Molo
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Molo
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Greek and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Xhosa language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Greek vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.