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Greek vs Slovene


Slovene vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Halo  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Prosim  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Oprostite  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Slovenščina  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
slovène  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
972-1093  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Slovene  

Language Position
74  
99+
28  
26

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Slovene Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
slv  

ISO 639 3
ell  
slv  

ISO 639 6
ells  
slv  

Glottocode
gree1276  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Greek and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Slovene language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Greek vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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