Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Estonia, European Union
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Armenian
Finnish
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Tere
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
aitäh
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Head ööd
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Tere päevast
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Tere hommikust
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Palun
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Vabandust
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Head aega
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Greece
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Ukraine
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Eesti keel
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
estonien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Estonians
Origin
1500 BC
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Estonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
esto1258
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Greek and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Estonian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Estonian Difficulty
The Greek vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.