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How easy is Greek for English speakers?

Going from English to Greek (Ελληνικά) has a composite linguistic distance of 68% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

68% distance FSI Cat III — ~1,100 hours
Lexical similarity
18%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
58%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
33%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
0%

Latin → Greek

Genealogical kinship
40%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇬🇧 English
The philosophy and psychology program at the university is excellent.
🇬🇷 Greek
Το πρόγραμμα φιλοσοφίας και ψυχολογίας στο πανεπιστήμιο είναι άριστο.
🇬🇧 English
The democratic system and political theory of ancient Greece influenced Europe.
🇬🇷 Greek
Το δημοκρατικό σύστημα και η πολιτική θεωρία της αρχαίας Ελλάδας επηρέασε την Ευρώπη.

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