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
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Armenian
Munda Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1721
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Henda ho
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Boge Setak’
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
দয়া করে
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
দুঃখিত
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Hariau
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Mahali
Where They Speak
Greece
India
How Many People Speak
2,800.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Not present
Where They Speak
Italy
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How Many People Speak
50,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Not present
Where They Speak
Ukraine
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How Many People Speak
13,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
251
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
santal
German Name
Neugriechisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1500 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Santali
Language Position
7441
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
sat
ISO 639 2/B
gre
sat
ISO 639 3
ell
sat
ISO 639 6
ells
sat
Glottocode
gree1276
sant1410
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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