Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Roman Empire
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Armenian
Telugu
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2449
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
714
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1735
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Kannada Script
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Badaga
Where They Speak
Greece
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
2,800.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Urali
Where They Speak
Italy
kerala
How Many People Speak
50,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2520
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
kannada
German Name
Neugriechisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Kannadiga
Origin
1500 BC
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Modern Kannada
Language Position
7431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
kan
ISO 639 2/B
gre
kan
ISO 639 3
ell
kan
ISO 639 6
ells
kan
Glottocode
gree1276
nucl1305
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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