Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
India
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Oceania
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)
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Armenian
Urdu
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1733
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Greece
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
2,800.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Marwari
Where They Speak
Italy
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
50,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2521
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %4.70 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million260.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
hindi
German Name
Neugriechisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Hindustani people
Origin
1500 BC
7th Century
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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Hindi
Language Position
745
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
hin
ISO 639 2/B
gre
hin
ISO 639 3
ell
hin
ISO 639 6
ells
hins
Glottocode
gree1276
hind1269
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic