Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Armenian
Thai Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
728
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1727
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Greece
Laos
How Many People Speak
2,800.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Italy
Laos
How Many People Speak
50,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Laos
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
256
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
lao
German Name
Neugriechisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Lao people
Origin
1500 BC
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Lao
Language Position
7443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
lao
ISO 639 2/B
gre
lao
ISO 639 3
ell
lao
ISO 639 6
ells
lao
Glottocode
gree1276
laoo1244
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating