Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Armenian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2437
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1746
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Mhoro
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Masikati
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Mangwanani
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Ndineurombo
Bye
αντίο (antío)
bye
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Greece
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
2,800.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Karanga
Where They Speak
Italy
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
50,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Ukraine
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
254
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
chiShona
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
shona
German Name
Neugriechisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Shona people
Origin
1500 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Shona
Language Position
74107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
sna
ISO 639 2/B
gre
sna
ISO 639 3
ell
sna
ISO 639 6
ells
sna
Glottocode
gree1276
core1255
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
99-AUT-a
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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