Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Nigeria
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
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Enuani
Where They Speak
Greece
Nigeria
Where They Speak
Italy
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Not present
Where They Speak
Ukraine
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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
Origin
1500 BC
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gree1276
nucl1417
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
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.