Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Indonesia
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Armenian
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1716
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin, Sundanese
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 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Halo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Nuhun
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Mangga
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Hapunten
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Punten
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Greece
Banten
How Many People Speak
2,800.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Italy
Bogor
How Many People Speak
50,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Bandung
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
256
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
soundanais
German Name
Neugriechisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
1500 BC
5th century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indonesian
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
Sundanese
Language Position
7442
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
sun
ISO 639 2/B
gre
sun
ISO 639 3
ell
sun
ISO 639 6
ells
sun
Glottocode
gree1276
sund1251
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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