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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden

Total No. Of Countries

34
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire
Finland

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Antartica, Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council

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.
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

Similar To

Armenian
Norwegian and Danish Language

Derived From

Latin
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2429
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

79
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1718
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)
hej

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
tacka dig

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
hur mår du

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
godnatt

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
god kväll

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
god eftermiddag

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
god morgon

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
vänligen

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ledsen

Bye

αντίο (antío)
hej då

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
jag älskar dig

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ursäkta mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Dialects

Where They Speak

Greece
Gabon

How Many People Speak

2,800.0078,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Dialects

Where They Speak

Italy
Georgia

How Many People Speak

50,000.0078,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Dialects

Where They Speak

Ukraine
France

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0096,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2579
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million8.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Svenska

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Ruotsi, Svenska

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
suédois

German Name

Neugriechisch
Schwedisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Swedes, Finland Swedes

History

Origin

1500 BC
13th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Germanic

Branch

-
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard Swedish

Language Position

7489
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
sv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
swe

ISO 639 2/B

gre
swe

ISO 639 3

ell
swe

ISO 639 6

ells
swe

Glottocode

gree1276
swed1254

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
52-AAA-ck to -cw

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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Greek and Swedish Alphabets

Greek and Swedish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Swedish. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Greek and Swedish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Swedish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Swedish Speaking population

Greek and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Greek vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Swedish Language Codes

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