Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Myanmar
Second Language
Roman Empire
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Mon
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Armenian
Thai Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1733
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Tangut
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)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Greece
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
2,800.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Italy
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
50,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Intha
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Burma
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
255
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
birman
German Name
Neugriechisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Bamar people
Origin
1500 BC
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Burmese
Language Position
7443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
mya
ISO 639 2/B
gre
bur
ISO 639 3
ell
mya
ISO 639 6
ells
mya
Glottocode
gree1276
sout3159
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating