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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

346
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Armenian
French Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2427
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1722
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 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
hola

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Gracias

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Buenos Días

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Por Favor

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
triste

Bye

αντίο (antío)
adiós

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Greece
Mexico

How Many People Speak

2,800.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Italy
Cuba

How Many People Speak

50,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2521
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Español

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Neugriechisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Spanish people

History

Origin

1500 BC
210 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

742
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
spa

ISO 639 2/B

gre
spa

ISO 639 3

ell
spa

ISO 639 6

ells
spa

Glottocode

gree1276
stan1288

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Greek and Spanish Alphabets

Greek and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Spanish. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Greek and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Spanish Speaking population

Greek and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Greek vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Spanish Language Codes

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