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Slovak and Greek


Greek and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Czech Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
46  
26
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
7  
4

How Many Consonants
38  
27
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
Prosím  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Pardón!  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Dovidenia  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
slovenčina  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
slovaque  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
6th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Hellenic  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
27  
25
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
gre  

ISO 639 3
slk  
ell  

ISO 639 6
slk  
ells  

Glottocode
slov1269  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Slovak and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovak and Greek Speaking population

Slovak and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovak and Greek on Slovak vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Greek Language Codes

Slovak and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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