Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
France
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Armenian
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
bonjour
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Merci
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
bonsoir
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Bonjour
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
S'il vous plaît
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
désolé
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
au revoir
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Je t'aime
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Greece
Dialect 2
African French
Griko
Where They Speak
Africa
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Français
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
français
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Französisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
9th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard French
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1290
gree1276
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
French 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 French and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Greek language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common French Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Greek Difficulty
The French vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.