Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Armenian
Czech Language
Derived From
Latin
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2446
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1738
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Ahoj
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Dobré ráno
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Prosím
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Pardón!
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Dovidenia
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Greece
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
2,800.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Italy
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
50,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
254
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million5.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
slovaque
German Name
Neugriechisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Slovaks
Origin
1500 BC
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Slovak
Language Position
7427
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
slk
ISO 639 2/B
gre
slo
ISO 639 3
ell
slk
ISO 639 6
ells
slk
Glottocode
gree1276
slov1269
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic