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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

35
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Armenian
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

Latin
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2429
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

720
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1720
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

63
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)
Hallo

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Mange tak

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
God nat

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
God aften

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
God morgen

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Please

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Undskyld!

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Farvel

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Scanian

Where They Speak

Greece
Sweden

How Many People Speak

2,800.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Italy
Denmark

How Many People Speak

50,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

254
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
dansk

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
danois

German Name

Neugriechisch
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

1500 BC
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Rigsdansk

Language Position

7418
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed Danish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
dan

ISO 639 2/B

gre
dan

ISO 639 3

ell
dan

ISO 639 6

ells
dan

Glottocode

gree1276
dani1284

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

Greek and Danish Alphabets

Greek and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Danish. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Greek and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Danish 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 Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Danish Speaking population

Greek and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Greek vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Danish Language Codes

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