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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
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
  
Origin
972-1093
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
sl
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.