Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
37
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
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)
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Armenian
Turkish
Derived From
Latin
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2432
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1723
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Salam
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
necəsən
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
lütfən
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
üzr
Bye
αντίο (antío)
xudafiz
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Derbent
Where They Speak
Greece
Russia
How Many People Speak
2,800.0037,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Italy
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
50,000.0037,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Baku
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0037.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2533
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million26.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.34 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
azéri
German Name
Neugriechisch
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Azerbaijani
Origin
1500 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Turkic
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Azerbaijani
Language Position
7438
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
el
az
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
aze
ISO 639 2/B
gre
aze
ISO 639 3
ell
aze
ISO 639 6
ells
aze
Glottocode
gree1276
azer1255
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative