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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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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Greek and Xhosa Alphabets

Greek and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Xhosa. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Greek and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Xhosa Speaking population

Greek and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Greek vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Xhosa Language Codes

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