Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- 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
Czech Language
Armenian
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ahoj
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Prosím
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Pardón!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Dovidenia
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Griko
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
slovenčina
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
slovaque
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Slowakisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
6th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Slovak
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
slov1269
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Slovak 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 Slovak and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Greek language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Greek Difficulty
The Slovak vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.