Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
30
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Armenian
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2443
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1734
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Greece
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
2,800.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Italy
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
50,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Ukraine
India
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2513
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million40.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
bhojpuri
German Name
Neugriechisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
1500 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Bhojpuri
Language Position
7437
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
bho
ISO 639 2/B
gre
bho
ISO 639 3
ell
bho
ISO 639 6
ells
bho
Glottocode
gree1276
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
59-AAF-sa
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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