Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Halo
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Hvala
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Lahko noč
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Dober večer
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Prosim
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Oprostite
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Nasvidenje
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ljubim te
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Greece
Where They Speak
Italy
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Styrian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not available
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
slovène
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Slowenisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Slovene
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
slov1268
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Slovene 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 Slovene and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Greek language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovene vs Greek Difficulty
The Slovene vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.