Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Armenian
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2427
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1715
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Khurumjari
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Nongale haugatl
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Saobiganu
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Chatcharage
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Loi
Where They Speak
Greece
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
2,800.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Pangal
Where They Speak
Italy
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
50,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
256
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
Meithei
German Name
Neugriechisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Meithei people
Origin
1500 BC
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Tibeto-Burman
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 Meithei
Language Position
7438
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
el
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
mni
ISO 639 2/B
gre
mni
ISO 639 3
ell
mni
ISO 639 6
ells
mni
Glottocode
gree1276
mani1292
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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