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Countries

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
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Alphabets

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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Greetings

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!

Dialects

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
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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 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
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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

History

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

Code

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

Greek and Latvian Alphabets

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

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

Greek and Latvian Speaking population

Greek and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. 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 Latvian on Greek vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Latvian Language Codes

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