Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Czech Republic
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Institute of the Czech Language
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.
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
Similar To
Armenian
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2442
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
732
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1732
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
ahoj
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
děkuji
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Jak se máš?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
dobrou noc
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
dobré ráno
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
prosím
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
litovat
Bye
αντίο (antío)
sbohem
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
promiňte
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Chod
Where They Speak
Greece
Chodsko, Bohemia
How Many People Speak
2,800.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Lach
Where They Speak
Italy
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
How Many People Speak
50,000.0010,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Moravian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00108,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2513
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.15 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million11.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
čeština / český jazyk
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
tchèque
German Name
Neugriechisch
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Czechs
Origin
1500 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Czech
Language Position
7473
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
ces
ISO 639 2/B
gre
cze
ISO 639 3
ell
ces
ISO 639 6
ells
ces
Glottocode
gree1276
czec1258
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
53-AAA-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic