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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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!

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

257
0 188
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How Many People Speak

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

History

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

Code

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

Greek and Hebrew Alphabets

Greek and Hebrew Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Hebrew. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Hebrew Alphabets there are 22 letters. To learn Greek and Hebrew languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Hebrew are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Hebrew Speaking population

Greek and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 %. 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 Hebrew on Greek vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Hebrew Language Codes

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