Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Armenian
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1729
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
αντίο (antío)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Greece
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,800.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Italy
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
50,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2521
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
pachto
German Name
Neugriechisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Pashtun
Origin
1500 BC
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
7482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
pus
ISO 639 2/B
gre
pus
ISO 639 3
ell
pus
ISO 639 6
ells
pus
Glottocode
gree1276
pash1269
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional