Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Armenian
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2431
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1726
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
жал (žal)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Greece
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
2,800.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Debar
Where They Speak
Italy
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
50,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2528
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million2.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
macédonien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Macedonians
Origin
1500 BC
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Macedonian
Language Position
7445
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
gre
mac
ISO 639 3
ell
mkd
ISO 639 6
ells
mkd
Glottocode
gree1276
mace1250
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic