Countries
Indonesia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Indonesia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Malay language
Armenian
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Halo
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Terima kasih
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
mohon Untuk
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
maaf
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Permisi
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Greece
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Italy
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
indonésien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
7th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Malay
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
indo1316
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Indonesian and Greek 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 Indonesian and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Greek language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Greek Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Greek 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 Indonesian and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.