Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Israel
Second Language
Roman Empire
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Poland
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academy of the Hebrew 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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Armenian
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Latin
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2422
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
70
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1722
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Greece
Israel
How Many People Speak
2,800.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Italy
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
50,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Israel
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
257
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million4.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
hébreu
German Name
Neugriechisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
1500 BC
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
7423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
heb
ISO 639 2/B
gre
heb
ISO 639 3
ell
heb
ISO 639 6
ells
heb
Glottocode
gree1276
hebr1246
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic