Greek and Russian

Greek

Russian

Russian and Greek

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

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

Russia

Second Language

Roman Empire

Afganistan

Speaking Continents

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

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Alphabets

Phonology

How Many Vowels

How Many Consonants

Scripts

Arabic, Latin

Cyrillic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks

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

2,800.00

99+

30,000.00

99+

Dialect 2

Griko

Olonets

Where They Speak

Italy

Olonets

How Many People Speak

50,000.00

Not Available

Dialect 3

Mariupol

Novgorod

Where They Speak

Ukraine

Novgorod

Total No. Of Dialects

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million

99+

276.00 million

Speaking Population

0.18 %

99+

2.33 %

Native Speakers

13.00 million

99+

166.00 million

Second Language Speakers

Not Available

110.00 million

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

Not Available

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

99+

Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language

Signed Russian

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell

rus

ISO 639 2/B

gre

rus

ISO 639 3

ell

rus

ISO 639 6

ells

Not Available

Glottocode

gree1276

russ1263

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a

53-AAA-ea

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

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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.

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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.