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Afrikaans vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
South Africa  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
15  
12

How Many Consonants
17  
7
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
hallo  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Dankie  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
goeie more  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
asseblief  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
jammer  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Totsiens  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Greece  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Griko  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Italy  
-  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
afrikaans  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
74  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
afr  

ISO 639 3
ell  
afr  

ISO 639 6
ells  
afrs  

Glottocode
gree1276  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic  

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Greek and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Afrikaans language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Greek and Afrikaans Language History.

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Greek and Afrikaans 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 Greek and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Afrikaans language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Greek vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Greek and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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