Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Greece
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Griko
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Italy
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
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)
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gree1276
nucl1301
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
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.