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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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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Greek and Kurdish Alphabets

Greek and Kurdish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Kurdish. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Greek and Kurdish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Kurdish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Kurdish Speaking population

Greek and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Greek vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Kurdish Language Codes

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