Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
United States of America
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Armenian
Apache Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2436
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1734
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
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Nízhdził
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Greece
Arizona
How Many People Speak
2,800.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Italy
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
50,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Utah
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
254
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Navaho
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
navaho
German Name
Neugriechisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Navajo people
Origin
1500 BC
1500 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Athapascan
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
Navajo
Language Position
7429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
nav
ISO 639 2/B
gre
nav
ISO 639 3
ell
nav
ISO 639 6
ells
nav
Glottocode
gree1276
nava1243
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic