Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Israel
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Israel
Second Language
Roman Empire
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Poland
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academy of the Hebrew 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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Armenian
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Latin
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Greece
Israel
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Italy
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Israel
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
hébreu
German Name
Neugriechisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
Canaanitic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
hebr1246
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Greek and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Hebrew language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Greek vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.