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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Wales

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

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

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
Argentina, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Welsh Language Commissioner

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.
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.

Similar To

Armenian
English Language

Derived From

Latin
British Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2429
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
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
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Helô

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Diolch

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Sut ydych chi?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Nos da

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Noswaith dda

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
P'nawn da

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bore da

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
os gwelwch yn dda

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Hwyl

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Dw i'n dy garu di

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Esgusodwch fi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Patagonian Welsh

Where They Speak

Greece
Argentina

How Many People Speak

2,800.0038,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Y Wyndodeg

Where They Speak

Italy
Gwynedd

How Many People Speak

50,000.00700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Y Bowyseg

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Powys

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00700,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

258
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million7.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million7.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Cymraeg

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
gallois

German Name

Neugriechisch
Kymrisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Welsh people

History

Origin

1500 BC
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Celtic

Branch

-
Brythonic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Welsh

Language Position

7431
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
cy

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
cym

ISO 639 2/B

gre
wel

ISO 639 3

ell
cym

ISO 639 6

ells
cym

Glottocode

gree1276
wels1247

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
50-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

Greek and Welsh Alphabets

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

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

Greek and Welsh Speaking population

Greek and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 %. 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 Welsh on Greek vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Welsh Language Codes

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