Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
33
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Roman Empire
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Armenian
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
فارسی
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
persan
German Name
Neugriechisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Persian people