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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Total No. Of Countries

36
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Second Language

Roman Empire
South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
France, Germany, Indonesia

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

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.
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

Similar To

Armenian
German and English Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1721
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

66
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)
dankjewel

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
hoe gaat het met je?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
goede Nacht

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
goedenavond

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
goedemiddag

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
goedemorgen

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
alsjeblieft

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
sorry

Bye

αντίο (antío)
vaarwel

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ik hou van jou

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
pardon

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Gronings

Where They Speak

Greece
Netherlands

How Many People Speak

2,800.00590,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Low Saxon

Where They Speak

Italy
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

50,000.004,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Limburgian

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Belgium, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

257
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million22.00 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
Nederlands

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Hollands, Nederlands

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
néerlandais; flamand

German Name

Neugriechisch
Niederländisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Dutch people

History

Origin

1500 BC
AD 450-500

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard Dutch

Language Position

7448
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
nl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
nld

ISO 639 2/B

gre
dut

ISO 639 3

ell
nld

ISO 639 6

ells
nld

Glottocode

gree1276
mode1257

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
52-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Greek and Dutch Alphabets

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

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

Greek and Dutch Speaking population

Greek and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Greek vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Dutch Language Codes

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