Countries
Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Roman Empire
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Armenian
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2427
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Hola
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Gràcies
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Com estàs?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Bona nit
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bon dia
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sisplau
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Perdó!
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Adéu
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Caló
Where They Speak
Greece
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
2,800.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Valencian
Where They Speak
Italy
Spain
How Many People Speak
50,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Spain
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million4.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
català
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
catalan; valencien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Catalan people
History
Origin
1500 BC
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
7432
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
el
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
cat
ISO 639 2/B
gre
cat
ISO 639 3
ell
cat
ISO 639 6
ells
cat
Glottocode
gree1276
stan1289
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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