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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

36
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

Roman Empire
Spain

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.

Similar To

Armenian
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2427
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1723
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Hola

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Gràcies

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Com estàs?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Bona nit

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Bona tarda

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bon dia

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sisplau

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Perdó!

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Adéu

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
T'estimo

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Caló

Where They Speak

Greece
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

2,800.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Valencian

Where They Speak

Italy
Spain

How Many People Speak

50,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Spain

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

258
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
català

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
catalan; valencien

German Name

Neugriechisch
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Catalan people

History

Origin

1500 BC
c. 1028

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

7432
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed Catalan

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
cat

ISO 639 2/B

gre
cat

ISO 639 3

ell
cat

ISO 639 6

ells
cat

Glottocode

gree1276
stan1289

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
51-AAA-e

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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Greek and Catalan Alphabets

Greek and Catalan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Catalan. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Greek and Catalan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Catalan are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Catalan 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 Catalan dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Catalan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Catalan Dialects are spoken in different Catalan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Catalan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Catalan dialects include: Caló , Valencian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Catalan Speaking population

Greek and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 %. 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 Catalan on Greek vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Catalan Language Codes

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