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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

Total No. Of Countries

37
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire
North Dakota, United States of America

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Council for German Orthography

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.
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

Similar To

Armenian
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages

Derived From

Latin
Albanian Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

710
0 32
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How Many Consonants

179
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 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
hallo

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Danke

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Wie geht es dir?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
gute Nacht

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
guten Abend

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
guten Tag

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
guten Morgen

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
bitte

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Verzeihung

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Tschüs

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ich liebe dich

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Entschuldigung

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Swiss German

Where They Speak

Greece
Switzerland

How Many People Speak

2,800.004,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Swabian German

Where They Speak

Italy
Germany

How Many People Speak

50,000.00820,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Texas German

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Texas

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.006,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2528
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million229.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %1.39 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million101.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million128.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Deutsch

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Deutsch, Tedesco

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
allemand

German Name

Neugriechisch
Deutsch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Germans

History

Origin

1500 BC
6th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German

Language Position

749
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed German

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
de

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
deu

ISO 639 2/B

gre
ger

ISO 639 3

ell
deu

ISO 639 6

ells
deus

Glottocode

gree1276
high1287, uppe1397

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
52-ACB–dl & -dm

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Greek and German Alphabets

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

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

Greek and German Speaking population

Greek and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and German languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Greek vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and German Language Codes

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