Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Spain
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language
Armenian
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hola
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Gracias
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Buenos Días
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Por Favor
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
triste
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Te Quiero
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Mexico
Greece
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Griko
Where They Speak
Cuba
Italy
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Español
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
espagnol; castillan
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Spanisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
stan1288
gree1276
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Spanish 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 Spanish and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Greek language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Greek Difficulty
The Spanish vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.
