Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Roman Empire
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Armenian
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1732
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
sannu
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
gode ku
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
yaya dai
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
barka da rana
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
mai kyau safe
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Don Allah
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
yi hakuri
Bye
αντίο (antío)
sai anjima
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Greece
Ghana
How Many People Speak
2,800.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Italy
Niger
How Many People Speak
50,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Niger
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2520
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
haoussa
German Name
Neugriechisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1500 BC
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Hausa
Language Position
7434
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
hau
ISO 639 2/B
gre
hau
ISO 639 3
ell
hau
ISO 639 6
ells
hau
Glottocode
gree1276
haus1257
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional