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)
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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.
- 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
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Where They Speak
Italy
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ukraine
South Africa
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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]
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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
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 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
xhos1239
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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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.