Spanish and Greek

Spanish

Greek

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

Spain

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

Interesting Facts

One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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

French Language

Armenian

Derived From

Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

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Alphabets

Phonology

How Many Vowels

How Many Consonants

Scripts

Latin

Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks

44 weeks

Greetings

Hello

hola

γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Gracias

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Cómo estás?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Buenas Noches

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Bonne soirée

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Buenos Días

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Por Favor

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

triste

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

adiós

αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Te Quiero

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish

Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Mexico

Greece

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.00

2,800.00

99+

Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish

Griko

Where They Speak

Cuba

Italy

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00

50,000.00

Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish

Mariupol

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico

Ukraine

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.00

Not Available

Total No. Of Dialects

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million

13.00 million

99+

Speaking Population

6.15 %

0.18 %

99+

Native Speakers

410.00 million

13.00 million

99+

Second Language Speakers

89.50 million

Not Available

Native Name

Español

ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

espagnol; castillan

grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Spanisch

Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Not Available

Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

210 BC

1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance

Hellenic

Branch

Not Available

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Modern Greek

Language Position

99+

Signed Forms

Signed Spanish

Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa

ell

ISO 639 2/B

spa

gre

ISO 639 3

spa

ell

ISO 639 6

Not Available

ells

Glottocode

stan1288

gree1276

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b

56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic

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

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Spanish and Greek Speaking population

Spanish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Greek on Spanish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Greek Language Codes

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