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Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
3   
12

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   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
22   
12
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Bye
adiós   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
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   

History

Origin
210 BC   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
2   
2
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
gre   

ISO 639 3
spa   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
stan1288   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Spanish and Greek Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Greek language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Greek Language History.

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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.

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