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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia

Total No. Of Countries

34
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

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.
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.

Similar To

Armenian
Czech Language

Derived From

Latin
Czech-Slovak Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2446
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

715
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1738
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Latin

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)
Ahoj

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Ďakujem vám

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Ako sa máte?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Dobrú noc

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Dobrý večer

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Dobré popoludnie

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Dobré ráno

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Prosím

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Pardón!

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Dovidenia

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ľúbim Ťa

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Prepáčte!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Eastern Slovak

Where They Speak

Greece
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin

How Many People Speak

2,800.005,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Central Slovak

Where They Speak

Italy
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec

How Many People Speak

50,000.005,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Western Slovak

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.005,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

254
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million5.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million5.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
slovenčina

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Slovakian, Slovencina

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
slovaque

German Name

Neugriechisch
Slowakisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˈsləʊvæk]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Slovaks

History

Origin

1500 BC
6th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Slavic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Slovak

Language Position

7427
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
sk

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
slk

ISO 639 2/B

gre
slo

ISO 639 3

ell
slk

ISO 639 6

ells
slk

Glottocode

gree1276
slov1269

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
53-AAA-db

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Greek and Slovak Alphabets

Greek and Slovak Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Slovak. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Slovak Alphabets there are 46 letters. To learn Greek and Slovak languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Slovak are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Slovak Speaking population

Greek and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Greek vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Slovak Language Codes

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