Home
Languagevs


German and Greek


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   

Summary >>
<< Code

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.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages