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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

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

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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.

Similar To

Armenian
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

Latin
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2430
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
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
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Ħello

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Grazzi

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kif int?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Skużani!

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Ċaw

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Qormi

Where They Speak

Greece
Malta

How Many People Speak

2,800.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Italy
Malta

How Many People Speak

50,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Not Present

Where They Speak

Ukraine
-

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

252
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Malti

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Malti

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
maltais

German Name

Neugriechisch
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Maltese

History

Origin

1500 BC
c. 1470

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Semitic

Branch

-
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Maltese

Language Position

7425
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

gre
mlt

ISO 639 3

ell
mlt

ISO 639 6

ells
mlt

Glottocode

gree1276
malt1254

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Greek and Maltese Alphabets

Greek and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Maltese. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Greek and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Maltese Speaking population

Greek and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Greek vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Maltese Language Codes

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