Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Indonesia
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Indonesia
Second Language
Roman Empire
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Armenian
Malay language
Derived From
Latin
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Halo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Terima kasih
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Apa kabar?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Selamat Pagi
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
mohon Untuk
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
maaf
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Permisi
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Greece
Indonesia
Where They Speak
Italy
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
indonésien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Indonesians
Origin
1500 BC
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Indonesian
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
indo1316
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 Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Indonesian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Greek vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.