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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
European Union, Lithuania

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Lithuania

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
Poland

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Commission of the Lithuanian Language

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.
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.

Similar To

Armenian
Latvian

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2432
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

712
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1720
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)
Ačiū

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kaip sekasi?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Labanakt

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Labas vakaras

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Laba diena

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Labas rytas

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Prašom

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
atsiprašau

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Ate

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Aš myliu tave

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Atsiprašau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Samogitian

Where They Speak

Greece
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

2,800.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Aukštaitian

Where They Speak

Italy
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

50,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Curonian

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2510
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million3.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million3.00 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
lietuvių kalba

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
lituanien

German Name

Neugriechisch
Litauisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Lithuanians

History

Origin

1500 BC
c. 1503

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
-

Branch

-
Baltic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Lithuanian

Language Position

7444
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
lt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
lit

ISO 639 2/B

gre
lit

ISO 639 3

ell
lit

ISO 639 6

ells
lit

Glottocode

gree1276
lith1251

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
54-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Greek and Lithuanian Alphabets

Greek and Lithuanian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Lithuanian. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Lithuanian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Greek and Lithuanian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Lithuanian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Lithuanian Speaking population

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

Greek and Lithuanian Language Codes

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