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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.

Similar To

Armenian

Derived From

Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

24
Rank: 6 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Greece

How Many People Speak

2,800.00
Rank: 88 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko

Where They Speak

Italy

How Many People Speak

50,000.00
Rank: 84 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol

Where They Speak

Ukraine

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00
Rank: 28 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %
Rank: 49 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million
Rank: 37 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά

Alternative Names

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

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Modern Greek

Language Position

74
Rank: 62 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell

ISO 639 2/B

gre

ISO 639 3

ell

ISO 639 6

ells

Glottocode

gree1276

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

Origin of Greek language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Greek language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Greek language states that it was put to use in 1500 BC. The history of Greek language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Greek Language History.The evolution of Greek language began with early forms such as Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek. Modern Greek is the standard form of Greek language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Greek Language.

Greek population

Greek population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Greek language. Greek language is spoken by 13.00 million people in the world. Most of the Greek population lies in the Greek Speaking Countries. Greek language is spoken as first language by 13.00 million people and as second language by about 13.00 million people. Get to know Greek speaking population in detail.

Greek writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Greek writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Greek language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic, Latin script is used by Greek language. Learn more about . 

Information about Greek language

Check out all the information about Greek language here. You may find it interesting to learn Greek Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Greek Speaking Countries, Greek speaking continents and Greek Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Greek countries knowing common Greek Greetings will help you in communicating with Greek people.