Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
36
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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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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