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 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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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
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
👆🏻
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
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
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