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Hebrew vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Israel  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
24  
6
22  
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
0  

How Many Consonants
17  
7
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Hebrew  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Ashkenazi Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Griko  
Samaritan Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Israel, Palestine  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Yemenite Hebrew  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
4.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
5.60 million  
99+

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  
Hebrew-speaking people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1000 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Canaanitic  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Language Position
74  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signed Hebrew  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
he  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
heb  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
heb  

ISO 639 3
ell  
heb  

ISO 639 6
ells  
heb  

Glottocode
gree1276  
hebr1246  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
12-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Greek and Hebrew Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Hebrew language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Hebrew language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 BC. 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 Hebrew Language History.

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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.

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