Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Latvia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
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)
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Armenian
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1724
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
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)
Sveiki
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Paldies
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Labdien
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Labrīt
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
lūdzu
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Piedodiet!
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Livonian
Where They Speak
Greece
Latvia
How Many People Speak
2,800.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Italy
Latvia
How Many People Speak
50,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Lettish
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
letton
German Name
Neugriechisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1500 BC
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Latvian
Language Position
749
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
el
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
lav
ISO 639 2/B
gre
lav
ISO 639 3
ell
lav
ISO 639 6
ells
lav
Glottocode
gree1276
latv1249
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic