Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
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 in
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German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Greece
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Griko
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Italy
Germany
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Texas German
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Texas
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
Origin
1500 BC
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Germanic
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
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gree1276
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
52-ACB–dl & -dm
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 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.