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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
Roman Empire
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
1.9 Similar To
Armenian
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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24
Rank: 6 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
23
Rank: 13 (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)
6
Rank: 5 (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 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
αντίο (antío)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
3.11 I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Mandarin
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Greece
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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2,800.00
Rank: 51 (Overall)
960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Griko
Wu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Italy
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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50,000.00
Rank: 38 (Overall)
80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Mariupol
Yue
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Ukraine
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
10
Rank: 10 (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)
1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (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)
873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
ελληνικά
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
chinois
5.3.5 German Name
Neugriechisch
Chinesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Han
6 History
6.1 Origin
1500 BC
1250 BC
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
Not Available
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 Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 52 (Overall)
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
el
zh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ell
zho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
gre
chi
7.3 ISO 639 3
ell
zho
7.4 ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
gree1276
sini1245
7.6 Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
79-AAA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

Greek and Chinese Alphabets

Greek and Chinese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Chinese. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Greek and Chinese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Chinese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Chinese Speaking population

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

Greek and Chinese Language Codes

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

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