Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Kazakh language agency
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.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Armenian
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2424
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1717
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
bye
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Greece
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
2,800.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Italy
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
50,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.18 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ελληνικά
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
kazakh
German Name
Neugriechisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Kazahks
Origin
1500 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Kazakh
Language Position
7493
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
gre
kaz
ISO 639 3
ell
kaz
ISO 639 6
ells
kaz
Glottocode
gree1276
kaza1248
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative