Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Roman Empire
India
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Armenian
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2451
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1740
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Chakma
Where They Speak
Greece
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
2,800.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Hajong
Where They Speak
Italy
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
50,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Ukraine
India
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2525
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %3.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million196.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
bengali
German Name
Neugriechisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1500 BC
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Bengali
Language Position
744
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
ben
ISO 639 2/B
gre
ben
ISO 639 3
ell
ben
ISO 639 6
ells
ben
Glottocode
gree1276
beng1280
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
-