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
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
13.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.