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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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Pan South African Language Board

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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.

Similar To

Armenian
Xhosa Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2457
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1750
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

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)
Sawubona

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
unjani

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
okuhle ekuseni

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ngiyacela

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

αντίο (antío)
bye

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Greece
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

2,800.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Italy
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

50,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

254
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
zoulou

German Name

Neugriechisch
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Zulu people

History

Origin

1500 BC
19

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Deep Zulu

Language Position

7487
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
zul

ISO 639 2/B

gre
zul

ISO 639 3

ell
zul

ISO 639 6

ells
zul

Glottocode

gree1276
zulu1248

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
99-AUT-fg

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 Zulu Alphabets

Greek and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Zulu. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Greek and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Zulu Speaking population

Greek and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Greek vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Zulu Language Codes

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