Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Norway
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Armenian
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1720
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
hallo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
takk
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
god natt
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
god morgen
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Vær så snill
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
unnskyld
Bye
αντίο (antío)
ha det
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Greece
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
2,800.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Italy
Sogn
How Many People Speak
50,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2519
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million5.00 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
Norsk
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Norsk
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Norwegians
Origin
1500 BC
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
7418
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
el
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
nor
ISO 639 2/B
gre
nor
ISO 639 3
ell
nor
ISO 639 6
ells
nor
Glottocode
gree1276
norw1258
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional