Countries
India
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
India
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Armenian
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Not present
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Not Available
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Griko
Where They Speak
Not Available
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Not Available
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
sanskrit
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Sanskrit
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Hellenic
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
sans1269
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Greek language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Greek Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.