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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

34
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa

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)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Armenian
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Latin
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2424
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
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Habari

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Asante

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Habari gani?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Habari za asubuhi

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
tafadhali

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
pole

Bye

αντίο (antío)
bye

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
nakupenda

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Greece
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

2,800.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Italy
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

50,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2512
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
swahili

German Name

Neugriechisch
Swahili

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

1500 BC
6th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Swahili

Language Position

7421
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

el
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
swa

ISO 639 2/B

gre
swa

ISO 639 3

ell
swa

ISO 639 6

ells
swa

Glottocode

gree1276
swah1254

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Swahili Alphabets

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

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

Greek and Swahili Speaking population

Greek and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Greek vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Swahili Language Codes

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