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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey

Total No. Of Countries

311
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Turkish Language Association

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.
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.

Similar To

Armenian
Azerbaijani Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2429
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

78
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Merhaba

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
teşekkür ederim

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Nasılsın?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
İyi Geceler

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
İyi Akşamlar

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Tünaydın

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
günaydın

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
lütfen

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
üzgünüm

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Hoşçakal

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Seni seviyorum

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Afedersiniz

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Azerbaijani Turkish

Where They Speak

Greece
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey

How Many People Speak

2,800.0026,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Crimean Turkish

Where They Speak

Italy
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

50,000.00480,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Gagauz

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00140,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

259
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million75.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.95 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million60.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Türkçe

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Anatolian, Türkisch

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
turc

German Name

Neugriechisch
Türkisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Turkish

History

Origin

1500 BC
c. 1350

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Turkic Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Turkic

Branch

-
Southwestern(Oghuz)

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)

Language Position

7419
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
tr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
tur

ISO 639 2/B

gre
tur

ISO 639 3

ell
tur

ISO 639 6

ells
tur

Glottocode

gree1276
nucl1301

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
44-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Greek and Turkish Alphabets

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

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

Greek and Turkish Speaking population

Greek and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Greek vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Turkish Language Codes

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