Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Armenian
Turkish
Derived From
Latin
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Salam
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
necəsən
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
lütfən
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
üzr
Bye
αντίο (antío)
xudafiz
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Derbent
Where They Speak
Greece
Russia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Native Name
ελληνικά
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
azéri
German Name
Neugriechisch
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Azerbaijani
Origin
1500 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Not Available
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Azerbaijani
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
azer1255
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Greek and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Azerbaijani language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Azerbaijani Difficulty
The Greek vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.