Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Armenian
Chinese Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
您好
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
谢谢
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
你好吗？
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
晚安
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
下午好
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
早上好
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
请
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
遗憾
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
我爱你
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Greece
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Hong Kong
Native Name
ελληνικά
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
Not Available
German Name
Neugriechisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Not Available
Origin
1500 BC
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
el
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
ell
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
gre
Not Available
ISO 639 3
ell
No data available
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
cant1236
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Cantonese language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Greek vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.