Greek and Arabic

Greek

Arabic

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

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

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Roman Empire

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Africa, Asia

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)

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.

Arabic is 5th common language in world.
Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Armenian

Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

Latin

Not Available

Alphabets

Alphabets in

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Alphabets

Phonology

How Many Vowels

How Many Consonants

Scripts

Arabic, Latin

Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks

88 weeks

Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)

مرحبا

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

شكرا

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

كيف حالك؟

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

تصبح على خير

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

مساء الخير

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

صباح الخير

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

من فضلك

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

آسف

Bye

αντίο (antío)

وداعا

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

أحبك

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek

Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Greece

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

2,800.00

99+

Not Available

Dialect 2

Griko

Sudanese

Where They Speak

Italy

Sudan

How Many People Speak

50,000.00

17,000,000.00

Dialect 3

Mariupol

Levantine

Where They Speak

Ukraine

Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

Not Available

21,000,000.00

Total No. Of Dialects

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million

99+

452.00 million

Speaking Population

0.18 %

99+

4.43 %

Native Speakers

13.00 million

99+

206.00 million

Second Language Speakers

Not Available

246.00 million

Native Name

ελληνικά

(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

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

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)

arabe

German Name

Neugriechisch

Arabisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes

Arabs

History

Origin

1500 BC

512 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Hellenic

Semitic

Branch

Not Available

North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Greek

Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

99+

Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language

Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual

Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell

ara

ISO 639 2/B

gre

ara

ISO 639 3

ell

ara

ISO 639 6

ells

Not Available

Glottocode

gree1276

arab1395

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a

12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

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

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Greek and Arabic Speaking population

Greek and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Greek vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Arabic Language Codes

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