Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
India
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Armenian
Marathi
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Namaskar
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
kaso assa?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Not Available
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Chike
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Maf kor
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Antruz
Where They Speak
Greece
Goa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Not present
Where They Speak
Italy
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Not present
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
konkani
German Name
Neugriechisch
Konkani
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Konkanis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Kokani
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
el
No data available
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
goan1235
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Konkani language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Konkani Difficulty
The Greek vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.