Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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)
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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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Armenian
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1716
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
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 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Kia ora
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Kia ora
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
gafare
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
gafare
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Greece
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
2,800.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Saremde
Where They Speak
Italy
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
50,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Taolende
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million7.60 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
Mosse
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
moré
German Name
Neugriechisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Mossi
Origin
1500 BC
11th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Mossi
Language Position
7437
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
mos
ISO 639 2/B
gre
mos
ISO 639 3
ell
mos
ISO 639 6
ells
mos
Glottocode
gree1276
moss1236
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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