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
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Armenian
Dutch Language
Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2432
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1717
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
hallo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Dankie
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
goeie nag
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
goeie more
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
asseblief
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
jammer
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Totsiens
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Greece
-
How Many People Speak
2,800.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Italy
-
How Many People Speak
50,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Namibia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.18 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Cape Dutch
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
afrikaans
German Name
Neugriechisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Afrikaners
Origin
1500 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
7423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
afr
ISO 639 2/B
gre
afr
ISO 639 3
ell
afr
ISO 639 6
ells
afrs
Glottocode
gree1276
afri1274
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic