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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
South Africa

Second Language

Roman Empire
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

Armenian
Dutch Language

Derived From

Latin
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2432
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

715
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1717
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
hallo

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Dankie

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
goeie nag

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Goeie middag

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
goeie more

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
asseblief

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
jammer

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Totsiens

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Greece
-

How Many People Speak

2,800.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

Italy
-

How Many People Speak

50,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Namibia

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Cape Dutch

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
afrikaans

German Name

Neugriechisch
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Afrikaners

History

Origin

1500 BC
17th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

7423
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
afr

ISO 639 2/B

gre
afr

ISO 639 3

ell
afr

ISO 639 6

ells
afrs

Glottocode

gree1276
afri1274

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic

Greek and Afrikaans Alphabets

Greek and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Afrikaans. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Greek and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Afrikaans languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Afrikaans 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 Greek and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Afrikaans Speaking population

Greek and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Greek and Afrikaans on Greek vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Afrikaans Language Codes

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