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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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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Greek and Oromo Alphabets

Greek and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Oromo. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Greek and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Oromo 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 Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Oromo 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 Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Oromo Speaking population

Greek and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Greek vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Oromo Language Codes

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