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Greek vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
17  
7

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Griko  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
chinois  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
1  
1
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
gre  

ISO 639 3
zho  
ell  

ISO 639 6
zho  
ells  

Glottocode
sini1245  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Chinese and Greek Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Greek language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 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 Chinese and Greek Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Greek language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Greek Difficulty

The Chinese vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.

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