Countries
Israel
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Israel
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
hébreu
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Hebrew and Greek 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 Hebrew and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Greek language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Greek Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew Alphabets and Greek 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 Hebrew and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.