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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

333
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

South Africa
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

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Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Armenian

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2624
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2117
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Thank you
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

How are you?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Bye
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

I love you
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

United States of America
Greece

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Griko

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Italy

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Mariupol

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18825
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

English
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

anglais
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Englisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

English people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

5th Century AD
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Standard English
Modern Greek

Language Position

374
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
ell

ISO 639 2/B

eng
gre

ISO 639 3

eng
ell

ISO 639 6

engs
ells

Glottocode

stan1293
gree1276

Linguasphere

52-ABA
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

English and Greek Alphabets

English and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Greek. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn English and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Greek languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

All English and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Greek dialects. Various dialects of English and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Greek Speaking population

English and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of English and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Greek on English vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Greek Language Codes

English and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.