Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, 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)
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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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Armenian
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2421
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1719
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Bwakeye
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Urakoze
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Mwaramutse
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Ndasubiza
Bye
αντίο (antío)
N’agasaga
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Greece
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
2,800.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Ha
Where They Speak
Italy
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
50,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Shubi
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
256
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
rundi
German Name
Neugriechisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1500 BC
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Kirundi
Language Position
7486
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
el
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
run
ISO 639 2/B
gre
run
ISO 639 3
ell
run
ISO 639 6
ells
run
Glottocode
gree1276
rund1242
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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