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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India, Nepal

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
India, Nepal

Second Language

Roman Empire
Nepal

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.
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.

Similar To

Armenian
Bhojpuri Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2447
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

78
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1722
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Devanagari

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
pranam

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
dhanyabad

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Aahan kehan chhi ?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Śubharātri

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
shubh sandhya

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
dopahar ke bad namaskar

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Suprabhaat

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
kripaya

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
maf karai

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Alavidā

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
kripaya

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Tharuwat

Where They Speak

Greece
Nepal

How Many People Speak

2,800.0035,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Madhubani

Where They Speak

Italy
North India

How Many People Speak

50,000.0035,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Khortha

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Deoghar, France

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2515
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million32.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.41 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million27.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million2.80 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
maithili

German Name

Neugriechisch
Maithili

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˈmaitʰili]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Maithil

History

Origin

1500 BC
14th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard Maithili

Language Position

7440
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
mai

ISO 639 2/B

gre
mai

ISO 639 3

ell
mai

ISO 639 6

ells
mai

Glottocode

gree1276
mait1250

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Maithili Alphabets

Greek and Maithili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Maithili. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Maithili Alphabets there are 47 letters. To learn Greek and Maithili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Maithili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Maithili Speaking population

Greek and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Greek vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Maithili Language Codes

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