Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Armenian
Greek
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2438
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1732
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
612
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Greece
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,800.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Griko
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Italy
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
50,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
-
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
252
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.18 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ελληνικά
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
arménien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Armenians
Origin
1500 BC
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
7414
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
hye
ISO 639 2/B
gre
arm
ISO 639 3
ell
hye
ISO 639 6
ells
hye
Glottocode
gree1276
arme1241
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic