Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Wales
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
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Armenian
English Language
Derived From
Latin
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
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
-
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)
Helô
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Diolch
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Nos da
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
P'nawn da
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Bore da
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Hwyl
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Greece
Argentina
How Many People Speak
2,800.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Griko
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Italy
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
50,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mariupol
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Powys
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.18 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million7.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
13.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ελληνικά
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Cymraeg
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
gallois
German Name
Neugriechisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Welsh people
Origin
1500 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Welsh
Language Position
7431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
cym
ISO 639 2/B
gre
wel
ISO 639 3
ell
cym
ISO 639 6
ells
cym
Glottocode
gree1276
wels1247
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional