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German vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

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

Second Language
Roman Empire  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

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

Derived From
Latin  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
17  
7
9  
1

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
hallo  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Danke  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
guten Morgen  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
bitte  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
820,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
6,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
1.39 %  
13

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
allemand  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Germans  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
74  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
ger  

ISO 639 3
ell  
deu  

ISO 639 6
ells  
deus  

Glottocode
gree1276  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Greek and German Language History

Comparison of Greek vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and German language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German Language History.

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

Greek vs German Difficulty

The Greek vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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