Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Moldova, Romania
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Armenian
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
alo
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
multumesc
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
noapte Buna
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
buna Seara
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Vă Rog
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
scuze
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
La revedere
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Te iubesc
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Greece
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Griko
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Italy
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Croatia
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Română
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
roumain; moldave
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Rumänisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Romanian
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
roma1327
gree1276
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Romanian 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 Romanian and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Greek language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Greek Difficulty
The Romanian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.
