Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Nigeria
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Roman Empire
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Armenian
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
sannu
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
gode ku
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
yaya dai
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
barka da rana
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
mai kyau safe
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Don Allah
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
yi hakuri
Bye
αντίο (antío)
sai anjima
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Greece
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Italy
Niger
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Niger
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
haoussa
German Name
Neugriechisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
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Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Hausa
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
haus1257
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Greek and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Hausa language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Hausa Difficulty
The Greek vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.