Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Philippines
Second Language
Roman Empire
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Armenian
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2425
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1718
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Kamusta
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Salamat po
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Magandang umaga po
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
pakiusap
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Paálam
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Greece
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
2,800.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Italy
Philippines
How Many People Speak
50,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Filipino
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Philippines
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million28.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
tagalog
German Name
Neugriechisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Tagalog people
Origin
1500 BC
1593
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Filipino
Language Position
7458
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
gre
tgl
ISO 639 3
ell
tg1
ISO 639 6
ells
tgl
Glottocode
gree1276
taga1269
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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