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Greek vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
99   
40
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
14   
4
17   
7

Scripts
Kana   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
日本語   
ελληνικά   

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   

History

Origin
1185   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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   

Language Position
8   
8
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
gre   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Japanese and Greek Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Greek language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Japanese and Greek Language History.

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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.

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