Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Poland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Armenian
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2448
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1739
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
dobry dzień
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Dziakuj
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Dabranač
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
dobry dzień
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Dobraj ranicy
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Kali laska
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Vybačajcie
Bye
αντίο (antío)
da pabačennia
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Greece
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
2,800.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Italy
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
50,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million9.63 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
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
biélorusse
German Name
Neugriechisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Belarusians
Origin
1500 BC
18th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Slavic
Branch
-
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Belarusian
Language Position
7479
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
bel
ISO 639 2/B
gre
bel
ISO 639 3
ell
bel
ISO 639 6
ells
bel
Glottocode
gree1276
bela1254
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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