Countries
India
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
India
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- 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
Marathi
Armenian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskar
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
kaso assa?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Chike
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Maf kor
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Antruz
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Goa
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Griko
Where They Speak
Not Available
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ukraine
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
konkani
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Konkani
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Kokani
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
el
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
goan1235
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Konkani 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 Konkani and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Greek language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Greek Difficulty
The Konkani vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani 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 Konkani and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.