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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Ethiopia

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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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.
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.

Similar To

Armenian
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2433
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1731
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Ethiopic

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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Selam

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
amesege'nallo'

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Dehina newot?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Dehna dur

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
melkam meshe't

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
i'ndemin walu

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
i'ndemin adäru

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
i'bakwon

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
aznallehu

Bye

αντίο (antío)
tschao

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
afekirishalehu

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
yiqirta

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Gondar

Where They Speak

Greece
Gondar

How Many People Speak

2,800.0022,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Gojjami

Where They Speak

Italy
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

50,000.0022,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Showa

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

255
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million18.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.37 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million10.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
አማርኛ

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
amharique

German Name

Neugriechisch
Amharisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[amarɨɲɲa]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Amharas

History

Origin

1500 BC
13th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Semitic

Branch

-
Ethiopic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Ge'ez

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Amharic

Language Position

7455
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed Amharic

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
am

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
amh

ISO 639 2/B

gre
amh

ISO 639 3

ell
amh

ISO 639 6

ells
amh

Glottocode

gree1276
amha1245

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
12-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

Greek and Amharic Alphabets

Greek and Amharic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Amharic. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Greek and Amharic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Amharic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Amharic Speaking population

Greek and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Greek vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Amharic Language Codes

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