Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Ethiopia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Armenian
Somali Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2434
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1724
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
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
akkam
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Maaloo
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
naa dhiisi
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Borana
Where They Speak
Greece
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
2,800.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Orma
Where They Speak
Italy
Kenya
How Many People Speak
50,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Wata
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Kenya
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2517
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million24.00 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
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
galla
German Name
Neugriechisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Oromos
Origin
1500 BC
16
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Cushitic
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
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
7491
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
el
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
orm
ISO 639 2/B
gre
orm
ISO 639 3
ell
orm
ISO 639 6
ells
orm
Glottocode
gree1276
nucl1736
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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