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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Armenian Highland

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2438
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1732
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Armenian manuscript

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

612
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)
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)

Dialects

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
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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
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Eastern Armenian

Where They Speak

Ukraine
-

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

252
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million6.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million6.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million7.00 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed Armenian

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

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

Greek and Armenian Alphabets

Greek and Armenian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Armenian. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Armenian Alphabets there are 38 letters. To learn Greek and Armenian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Armenian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Armenian Speaking population

Greek and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 %. 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 Armenian on Greek vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Armenian Language Codes

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