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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Armenian
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2436
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

78
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1728
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
kedụ

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
dalụ

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ka chi fo

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Biko

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Ndo

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Kachifo

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Enuani

Where They Speak

Greece
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

2,800.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Italy
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

50,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Not present

Where They Speak

Ukraine
-

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2520
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
igbo

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Ibo

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
igbo

German Name

Neugriechisch
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Igbo people

History

Origin

1500 BC
30th Century BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Kwa

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard Igbo

Language Position

7457
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

gre
ibo

ISO 639 3

ell
ibo

ISO 639 6

ells
ibo

Glottocode

gree1276
nucl1417

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

Greek and Igbo Alphabets

Greek and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Igbo. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Greek and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Igbo Speaking population

Greek and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Greek vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Igbo Language Codes

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