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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

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

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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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.
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.

Similar To

Armenian
Old German Language

Derived From

Latin
Prakrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2452
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

716
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1736
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Devanagari

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks20 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
शुभः सायंकालः

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
शुभ दुपार

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
कृपया (kripayā)

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)

Bye

αντίο (antío)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Not present

Where They Speak

Greece
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How Many People Speak

2,800.00140,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Not present

Where They Speak

Italy
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How Many People Speak

50,000.00140,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Not present

Where They Speak

Ukraine
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How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00140,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

250
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million14.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million14.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million-
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
sanskrit

German Name

Neugriechisch
Sanskrit

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Sanskrit speakers

History

Origin

1500 BC
2000 B.C.

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Vedic Sanskrit

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Sanskrit

Language Position

7423
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
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Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
sa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
san

ISO 639 2/B

gre
san

ISO 639 3

ell
san

ISO 639 6

ells
san

Glottocode

gree1276
sans1269

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Ancient

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Greek and Sanskrit Alphabets

Greek and Sanskrit Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Sanskrit. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Sanskrit Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Greek and Sanskrit languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Sanskrit are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Sanskrit Speaking population

Greek and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Greek vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Sanskrit Language Codes

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