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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

2521
0 188
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How Many People Speak

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
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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

History

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

Code

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

Greek and Pashto Alphabets

Greek and Pashto Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Pashto. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Greek and Pashto languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Pashto 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 Pashto greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Pashto are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Pashto Speaking population

Greek and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. 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 Pashto on Greek vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Pashto Language Codes

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