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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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

Greek and Norwegian Alphabets

Greek and Norwegian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Norwegian. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Norwegian Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Greek and Norwegian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Norwegian languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Norwegian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Norwegian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Norwegian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Norwegian Speaking population

Greek and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Norwegian on Greek vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Norwegian Language Codes

Greek and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.