Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
India
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Armenian
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2442
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1731
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Greece
India
How Many People Speak
2,800.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Italy
India
How Many People Speak
50,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Kosli
Where They Speak
Ukraine
India
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
oriya
German Name
Neugriechisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Odias
Origin
1500 BC
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Odia
Language Position
7432
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
el
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
ori
ISO 639 2/B
gre
ori
ISO 639 3
ell
ori
ISO 639 6
ells
ori
Glottocode
gree1276
macr1269
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
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