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Greek vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
39  
28

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Kali laska  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Greece  
North-East Belarus  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
South-West Belarus  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Middle Belarus  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
5.89 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
biélorusse  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
18th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Belarusian  

Language Position
74  
99+
79  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Belarusian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
bel  

ISO 639 3
ell  
bel  

ISO 639 6
ells  
bel  

Glottocode
gree1276  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Greek and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Belarusian language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Belarusian Language History.

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

Greek vs Belarusian Difficulty

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

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