Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Haiti
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Cuba
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Armenian
French Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
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
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Bonjou
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Mèsi
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bon apre-midi
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Souple
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Dezole
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Babay
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Greece
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
2,800.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Italy
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
50,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Cayes
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million9.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Haitians
Origin
1500 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Haitian Creole
Language Position
7499
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
hat
ISO 639 2/B
gre
hat
ISO 639 3
ell
hat
ISO 639 6
ells
hat
Glottocode
gree1276
hait1244
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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