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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

33
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

Roman Empire
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

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.
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.

Similar To

Armenian
Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2432
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1723
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

66
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)
سلام

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
متشکرم

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
چطور هستید?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
شب بخیر

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
عصر بخیر

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
بعد از ظهر بخیر

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
صبح به خیر

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
لطفا

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
متاسف

Bye

αντίο (antío)
خدا حافظ

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
من شما را دوست دارم

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ببخشيد!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Western Persian

Where They Speak

Greece
Iran, Iraq

How Many People Speak

2,800.0047,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Dari Persian

Where They Speak

Italy
Afganistan

How Many People Speak

50,000.0012,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Tajik Persian

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.007,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2512
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million65.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million65.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million110.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
فارسی

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
persan

German Name

Neugriechisch
Persisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Persian people

History

Origin

1500 BC
1500 BC

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
Old Persian and Middle Persian

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Persian

Language Position

7423
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Persian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
fa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
fas

ISO 639 2/B

gre
per

ISO 639 3

ell
pes

ISO 639 6

ells
pers

Glottocode

gree1276
fars1254

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
58-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Greek and Persian Alphabets

Greek and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Persian. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Greek and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Persian 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 Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Persian Speaking population

Greek and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Greek vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Persian Language Codes

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