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Greek vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe, South America  

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)  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Halo  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Dankon  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Bonan matenon  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Mi petas  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Not present  

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

Dialect 2
Griko  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Not present  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
espéranto  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1887  

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  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Esperanto  

Language Position
74  
99+
33  
31

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
epo  

ISO 639 3
ell  
epo  

ISO 639 6
ells  
epo  

Glottocode
gree1276  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Greek and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Esperanto language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Greek vs Esperanto Difficulty

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

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