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Slovak vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
15  
12

How Many Consonants
17  
7
38  
27

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Dobré ráno  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Prosím  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Pardón!  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
slovaque  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Slovak  

Language Position
74  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
slo  

ISO 639 3
ell  
slk  

ISO 639 6
ells  
slk  

Glottocode
gree1276  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Greek and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Slovak language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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Greek and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Slovak language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Slovak Difficulty

The Greek vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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