Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
South Africa
Second Language
Roman Empire
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Armenian
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Latin
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1743
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
Molo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Unjani
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Molo
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ndicela
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Greece
South Africa
How Many People Speak
2,800.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Thembu
Where They Speak
Italy
South Africa
How Many People Speak
50,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Ukraine
South Africa
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
259
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
xhosa
German Name
Neugriechisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1500 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
isiXhosa
Language Position
7421
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
xho
ISO 639 2/B
gre
xho
ISO 639 3
ell
xho
ISO 639 6
ells
xho
Glottocode
gree1276
xhos1239
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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