Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bulgaria
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Armenian
Macedonian language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1736
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Greece
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
2,800.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Italy
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
50,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2558
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.21 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million7.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Balgarski
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
bulgare
German Name
Neugriechisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Bulgarian people
Origin
1500 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
7488
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
bul
ISO 639 2/B
gre
bul
ISO 639 3
ell
bul
ISO 639 6
ells
buls
Glottocode
gree1276
bulg1262
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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