Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Vietnam
Second Language
Roman Empire
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Czech Republic
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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Armenian
Chinese Language
Derived From
Latin
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2437
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1721
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
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Xin chào
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Cam on
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
xin vui lòng
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Xin lỗi
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Greece
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
2,800.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Italy
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
50,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
255
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %1.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million75.00 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
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
vietnamien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
1500 BC
c. 1440
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic 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
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
7414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
vie
ISO 639 2/B
gre
vie
ISO 639 3
ell
vie
ISO 639 6
ells
vie
Glottocode
gree1276
viet1252
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating