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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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

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

History

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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Code

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
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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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Greek and Kirundi Alphabets

Greek and Kirundi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Kirundi. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Greek and Kirundi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Kirundi 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 Kirundi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Kirundi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Kirundi Speaking population

Greek and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. 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 Kirundi on Greek vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Kirundi Language Codes

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