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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
1.8 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.
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
1.9 Similar To
Armenian
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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24
Rank: 6 (Overall)
28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
About Armenian ..
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
10
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
您好
3.2 Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
谢谢
3.3 How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
你好吗?
3.4 Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
晚安
3.5 Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
晚上好
3.6 Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
下午好
3.7 Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
早上好
3.8 Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
3.9 Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
遗憾
3.10 Bye
αντίο (antío)
再见
3.11 I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
我爱你
3.12 Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
原谅我
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Guangzhou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Greece
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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2,800.00
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Griko
Xiguan
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Italy
Hong Kong
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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50,000.00
Rank: 38 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Mariupol
Hong Kong
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Ukraine
Hong Kong
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.18 %
Rank: 46 (Overall)
16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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13.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
52.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
ελληνικά
Kwang Tung Wa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
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5.3.5 German Name
Neugriechisch
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5.4 Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
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6 History
6.1 Origin
1500 BC
17th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Hellenic
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6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 52 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
el
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ell
Not Available
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
gre
Not Available
7.3 ISO 639 3
ell
No data available
7.4 ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
gree1276
cant1236
7.6 Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Not Available
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Cantonese Alphabets

Greek and Cantonese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Cantonese. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Greek and Cantonese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Cantonese languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Cantonese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Cantonese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Cantonese Speaking population

Greek and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Cantonese on Greek vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Cantonese Language Codes

Greek and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.