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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

34
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Russia

Second Language

Roman Empire
Afganistan

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.

Similar To

Armenian
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Derived From

Latin
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2433
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

710
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1721
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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)
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
спасибо(spasibo)

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Как дела? (Kak dela?)

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Извините(Izvinite)

Bye

αντίο (antío)
до свидания(do svidaniya)

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
извините(izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Doukhobor Russian

Where They Speak

Greece
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan

How Many People Speak

2,800.0030,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Olonets

Where They Speak

Italy
Olonets

How Many People Speak

50,000.00154,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Novgorod

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Novgorod

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00154,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2513
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million276.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %2.33 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million166.00 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
Русский

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Russki

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
russe

German Name

Neugriechisch
Russisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Russians

History

Origin

1500 BC
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Slavic

Branch

-
Eastern

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old East Slavic

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard Russian

Language Position

747
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed Russian

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
ru

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
rus

ISO 639 2/B

gre
rus

ISO 639 3

ell
rus

ISO 639 6

ells
rus

Glottocode

gree1276
russ1263

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
53-AAA-ea

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Greek and Russian Alphabets

Greek and Russian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Russian. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Russian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Greek and Russian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Russian 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 Russian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Russian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Russian Speaking population

Greek and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Greek vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Russian Language Codes

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