Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
South Africa
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
South Africa
Second Language
Roman Empire
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Armenian
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Sawubona
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
unjani
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Greece
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Italy
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Zimbabwe
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
zoulou
German Name
Neugriechisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
zulu1248
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Zulu language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Zulu Difficulty
The Greek vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.