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Slovene and Greek


Greek and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
25  
7
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Resian  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

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  

History

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
28  
26
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Slovene 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 Slovene and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Slovene and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovene are spoken in different Slovene Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovene vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene, Resian. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovene and Greek Speaking population

Slovene and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 % 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 Slovene and Greek on Slovene vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovene and Greek Language Codes

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

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