Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Iran
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Balochi Academy, 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Armenian
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Latin
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2434
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1726
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Salam
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
chone tao?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
jawáin sawáh
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
αντίο (antío)
bye
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Greece
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,800.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Italy
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
50,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Baluchi
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
baloutchi
German Name
Neugriechisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1500 BC
19th 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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Balochi
Language Position
7439
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
bal
ISO 639 2/B
gre
bal
ISO 639 3
ell
bal
ISO 639 6
ells
bal
Glottocode
gree1276
balo1260
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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