Countries
South Africa
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
South Africa
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Armenian
Derived From
Dutch Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Dankie
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
goeie nag
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
goeie more
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
asseblief
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
jammer
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Not Available
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Not Available
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Griko
Where They Speak
Not Available
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Namibia
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
afrikaans
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Afrikaans
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
17th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Hellenic
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
gree1276
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Greek language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Greek Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.