Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
South Africa
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Armenian
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Thank you
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
How are you?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
I love you
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
American English
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
United States of America
Greece
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Griko
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Italy
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Mariupol
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Not Available
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
anglais
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Englisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
5th Century AD
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard English
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Signed English
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1293
gree1276
Linguasphere
52-ABA
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic