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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Armenian
Italian Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1720
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

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
bonjour

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Merci

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bonjour

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
désolé

Bye

αντίο (antío)
au revoir

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Greece
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

2,800.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
African French

Where They Speak

Italy
Africa

How Many People Speak

50,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2525
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
français

Alternative Names

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

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
français

German Name

Neugriechisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
French people

History

Origin

1500 BC
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard French

Language Position

7413
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
fra

ISO 639 2/B

gre
fre

ISO 639 3

ell
fra

ISO 639 6

ells
fras

Glottocode

gree1276
stan1290

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Greek and French Alphabets

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

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

Greek and French Speaking population

Greek and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and French languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Greek vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and French Language Codes

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