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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Commission on the Filipino 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.
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.

Similar To

Armenian
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2432
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1720
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
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)
Kablaaw

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Agyamanak

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kumusta?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Naimbag a rabii

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Naimbag a sardam

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Naimbag a malem

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Naimbag a bigat

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
mangngegda

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Agpakawanak

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Pakada

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ayayatenka

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Maawan-dayawen

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Balangao

Where They Speak

Greece
Philippines

How Many People Speak

2,800.0021,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Bontoc

Where They Speak

Italy
Philippines

How Many People Speak

50,000.0041,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Not present

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Not present

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

252
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million9.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million9.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
ilokano

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Ilokano, Iloko

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
ilocano

German Name

Neugriechisch
Ilokano-Sprache

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[iːloˈkɑno]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Ilocano people

History

Origin

1500 BC
18th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Modern Ilocano

Language Position

7494
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
ilo

ISO 639 2/B

gre
ilo

ISO 639 3

ell
ilo

ISO 639 6

ells
ilo

Glottocode

gree1276
ilok1237

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
31-CBA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Ilocano Alphabets

Greek and Ilocano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Ilocano. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Greek and Ilocano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Ilocano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Ilocano Speaking population

Greek and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Greek vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Ilocano Language Codes

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