Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
China, Mongolia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Armenian
Turkish Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2435
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
713
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1720
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
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)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Greece
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
2,800.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Italy
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
50,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million5.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
mongol
German Name
Neugriechisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Mongols
Origin
1500 BC
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Mongolian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
7426
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
el
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
mon
ISO 639 2/B
gre
mon
ISO 639 3
ell
mon
ISO 639 6
ells
mon
Glottocode
gree1276
mong1331
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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