Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Armenian
Farsi Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1729
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Silaw
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Sipas
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bayanit bash
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bibûre
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Greece
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,800.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Italy
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
50,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
kurde
German Name
Neugriechisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Kurds
Origin
1500 BC
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Kurdish
Language Position
7414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
el
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
kur
ISO 639 2/B
gre
kur
ISO 639 3
ell
kur
ISO 639 6
ells
kur
Glottocode
gree1276
kurd1259
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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