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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Japan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Japan
1.4 Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Pacific
1.6 Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Palau
1.7 Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Armenian
Korean Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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24
Rank: 6 (Overall)
99
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
14
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Kana
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
3.2 Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
3.3 How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
3.4 Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
3.5 Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
3.7 Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
おはよう (Ohayō)
3.8 Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
3.9 Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
3.10 Bye
αντίο (antío)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
3.11 I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
すみません (Sumimasen)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Sanuki
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Greece
Kagawa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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2,800.00
Rank: 51 (Overall)
1,000,000.00
Rank: 28 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Griko
Hakata
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Italy
Fukuoka
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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50,000.00
Rank: 38 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Mariupol
Kansai
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Ukraine
kansai
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
31
Rank: 25 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
128.00 million
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.18 %
Rank: 46 (Overall)
1.90 %
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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13.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
128.00 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
ελληνικά
日本語
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
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5.3.4 French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
japonais
5.3.5 German Name
Neugriechisch
Japanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
5.5 Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Japanese (Yamato)
6 History
6.1 Origin
1500 BC
1185
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 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
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Japanese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 52 (Overall)
8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Japanese
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
el
ja
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ell
jpn
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
gre
jpn
7.3 ISO 639 3
ell
jpn
7.4 ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
gree1276
nucl1643
7.6 Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
45-CAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 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.

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