Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Roman Empire
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
Similar To
Armenian
Not Available
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Greece
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Italy
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Ukraine
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Not Available
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
chinois
German Name
Neugriechisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Han
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
sini1245
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
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.