Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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)
Not Available
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Armenian
Munda Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Henda ho
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Not Available
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Boge Setak’
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Not Available
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Not Available
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Not Available
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Not Available
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Not Available
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Mahali
Where They Speak
Greece
India
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
santal
German Name
Neugriechisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1500 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic 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
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
No data available
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
sant1410
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 Santali 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 Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Santali language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Santali Difficulty
The Greek vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Santali 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 Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.