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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

33
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Yemen

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Similar To

Armenian
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1721
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Hello

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Subax wanaagsan

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Fadlan

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
sorry

Bye

αντίο (antío)
caraysiiyo

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Greece
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

2,800.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Italy
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

50,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
somali

German Name

Neugriechisch
Somali

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Somalis

History

Origin

1500 BC
19th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Somali

Language Position

7483
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
som

ISO 639 2/B

gre
som

ISO 639 3

ell
som

ISO 639 6

ells
som

Glottocode

gree1276
soma1255

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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Greek and Somali Alphabets

Greek and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Somali. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Greek and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Somali 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 Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Somali Speaking population

Greek and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Greek vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Somali Language Codes

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