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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Ukraine

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language

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.
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.

Similar To

Armenian
Russian and Belarusian Languages

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2433
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1722
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille

Writing Direction

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)
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Дякую (Dyakuyu)

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
На добраніч (Na dobranič)

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
будь ласк

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
вибачте (vybachte)

Bye

αντίο (antío)
до побачення (do pobachennya)

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Podillian

Where They Speak

Greece
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia

How Many People Speak

2,800.0042,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Volynian

Where They Speak

Italy
Rivne, Volyn

How Many People Speak

50,000.0044,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Steppe

Where They Speak

Ukraine
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0042,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2515
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million39.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.46 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million39.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Ukrayins'ka Mova

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
ukrainien

German Name

Neugriechisch
Ukrainisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Ukrainians

History

Origin

1500 BC
1561

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Slavic

Branch

-
Eastern

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Modern Ukrainian

Language Position

7426
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Ukrainian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
uk

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
ukr

ISO 639 2/B

gre
ukr

ISO 639 3

ell
ukr

ISO 639 6

ells
ukr

Glottocode

gree1276
ukra1253

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Greek and Ukrainian Alphabets

Greek and Ukrainian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Ukrainian. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Ukrainian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Greek and Ukrainian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Ukrainian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Ukrainian Speaking population

Greek and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Greek vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Ukrainian Language Codes

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