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Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries
3 12

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
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Alphabets
24 6

Phonology

How Many Vowels
7 4

How Many Consonants
17 7

Scripts
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

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 88

Dialect 2
Griko

Where They Speak
Italy

How Many People Speak
50,000.00 84

Dialect 3
Mariupol

Where They Speak
Ukraine

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00 28

Total No. Of Dialects
25 21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million 49

Speaking Population
0.18 % 49

Native Speakers
13.00 million 43

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million 37

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 62

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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