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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

333
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Roman Empire
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
South Africa

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Armenian
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
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

67
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Hello

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Thank you

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
How are you?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Night

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Good Morning

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Please

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Sorry

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Bye

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
I love you

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
American English

Where They Speak

Greece
United States of America

How Many People Speak

2,800.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Italy
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

50,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Ukraine
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

25188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
English

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
English

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
anglais

German Name

Neugriechisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
English people

History

Origin

1500 BC
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard English

Language Position

743
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
eng

ISO 639 2/B

gre
eng

ISO 639 3

ell
eng

ISO 639 6

ells
engs

Glottocode

gree1276
stan1293

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Greek and English Alphabets

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

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

Greek and English Speaking population

Greek and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and English languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Greek vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and English Language Codes

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