Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2524
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2017
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Hvala
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Lahko noč
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Dober večer
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Prosim
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Oprostite
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Nasvidenje
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ljubim te
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Greece
How Many People Speak
80,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Griko
Where They Speak
Italy
Italy
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4825
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Slovenščina
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
slovène
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Slowenisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
972-1093
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Slovene
Modern Greek
Language Position
2874
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
ell
ISO 639 2/B
slv
gre
ISO 639 3
slv
ell
ISO 639 6
slv
ells
Glottocode
slov1268
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic