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Greek and Esperanto


Esperanto and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
3  
12

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Halo  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Dankon  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Bonan matenon  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Mi petas  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
espéranto  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1887  

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  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Esperanto  

Language Position
74  
99+
33  
31

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
epo  

ISO 639 3
ell  
epo  

ISO 639 6
ells  
epo  

Glottocode
gree1276  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Greek and Esperanto Speaking population

Greek and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 %. 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 Esperanto on Greek vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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