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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Japan

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Palau

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

Similar To

Armenian
Korean Language

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2499
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1714
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Kana

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

αντίο (antío)
さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Sanuki

Where They Speak

Greece
Kagawa

How Many People Speak

2,800.001,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Hakata

Where They Speak

Italy
Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

50,000.00127,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Kansai

Where They Speak

Ukraine
kansai

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2531
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
日本語

Alternative Names

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

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
japonais

German Name

Neugriechisch
Japanisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

1500 BC
1185

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Japanese

Language Position

748
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed Japanese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
jpn

ISO 639 2/B

gre
jpn

ISO 639 3

ell
jpn

ISO 639 6

ells
jpn

Glottocode

gree1276
nucl1643

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic

Greek and Japanese Alphabets

Greek and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Japanese. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Greek and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Japanese Speaking population

Greek and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Greek vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Japanese Language Codes

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