Countries
Japan
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Japan
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kana
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Greece
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Mariupol
Where They Speak
kansai
Ukraine
Alternative Names
Not Available
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
japonais
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Japanisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Japanese
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
nucl1643
gree1276
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Japanese 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 Japanese and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Greek language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Greek Difficulty
The Japanese vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.