Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
China
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Armenian
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Latin
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
rakhmat
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Not Available
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
birdam
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
kachurung
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Khayr khosh
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Turpan
Where They Speak
Greece
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Ukraine
China
Native Name
ελληνικά
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
ouïgour
German Name
Neugriechisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Uyghur
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Uyghur
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
uigh1240
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Uyghur language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Greek vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.