Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Philippines
Second Language
Roman Empire
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Armenian
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Latin
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2421
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1716
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Hoy
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Salamat
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Maayong Buntag
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Palihug
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Babay
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Boholano
Where They Speak
Greece
Bohol
How Many People Speak
2,800.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Italy
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
50,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
North Kana
Where They Speak
Ukraine
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
254
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Visayan
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
cebuano
German Name
Neugriechisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Cebuano people
Origin
1500 BC
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
7462
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
gre
ceb
ISO 639 3
ell
ceb
ISO 639 6
ells
ceb
Glottocode
gree1276
cebu1242
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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