Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Roman Empire
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Armenian
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2431
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1720
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
alo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
multumesc
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
noapte Buna
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
buna Ziua
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
bună Dimineața
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Vă Rog
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
scuze
Bye
αντίο (antío)
La revedere
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Greece
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,800.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Italy
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
50,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Croatia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2510
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Română
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
roumain; moldave
German Name
Neugriechisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Romanians
Origin
1500 BC
1521
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Romanian
Language Position
7436
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
ron
ISO 639 2/B
gre
rum
ISO 639 3
ell
ron
ISO 639 6
ells
ron
Glottocode
gree1276
roma1327
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic