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Greek and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
3  
12

National Language
Germany  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Danke  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
bitte  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Tschüs  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
allemand  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Deutsch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Hellenic  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
9  
9
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
gre  

ISO 639 3
deu  
ell  

ISO 639 6
deus  
ells  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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German and Greek Speaking population

German and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of German and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Greek on German vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Greek Language Codes

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

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