Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
India, Nepal
Second Language
Roman Empire
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
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)
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Armenian
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2447
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1722
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
pranam
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Suprabhaat
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
kripaya
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
maf karai
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Alavidā
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Greece
Nepal
How Many People Speak
2,800.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Italy
North India
How Many People Speak
50,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Khortha
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2515
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
maithili
German Name
Neugriechisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Maithil
Origin
1500 BC
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Maithili
Language Position
7440
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
mai
ISO 639 2/B
gre
mai
ISO 639 3
ell
mai
ISO 639 6
ells
mai
Glottocode
gree1276
mait1250
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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