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English vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
33  
2

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
-  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Hello  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
How are you?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Good Morning  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Please  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Sorry  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Bye  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
American English  

Where They Speak
Greece  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Griko  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
ελληνικά  
English  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
English  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
anglais  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
English people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Standard English  

Language Position
74  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
eng  

ISO 639 3
ell  
eng  

ISO 639 6
ells  
engs  

Glottocode
gree1276  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Greek and English Language History

Comparison of Greek vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and English language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Greek vs English Difficulty

The Greek vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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