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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Estonia, European Union

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Estonia, Gambia

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Denmark, Russia, Sweden

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Institute of the Estonian Language

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.
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.

Similar To

Armenian
Finnish

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2427
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

79
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1718
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

62
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Tere

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
aitäh

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
kuidas sul läheb

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Head ööd

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Tere õhtust

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Tere päevast

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Tere hommikust

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Palun

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Vabandust

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Head aega

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ma armastan sind

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Vabandage

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Keskmurre

Where They Speak

Greece
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia

How Many People Speak

2,800.001,300,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Tartu

Where They Speak

Italy
Georgia, South Estonia

How Many People Speak

50,000.001,300,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Idamurre

Where They Speak

Ukraine
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.

How Many People Speak

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

258
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million1.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million0.95 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million1.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
eesti keel

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Eesti keel

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
estonien

German Name

Neugriechisch
Estnisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Estonians

History

Origin

1500 BC
13th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Uralic Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Finno-Ugric

Branch

-
Finnic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Estonian

Language Position

7422
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

el
et

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
est

ISO 639 2/B

gre
est

ISO 639 3

ell
est

ISO 639 6

ells
est

Glottocode

gree1276
esto1258

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

Greek and Estonian Alphabets

Greek and Estonian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Estonian. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Estonian Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Greek and Estonian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Estonian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Estonian Speaking population

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

Greek and Estonian Language Codes

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