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Arabic and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
23   
4

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Armenian   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
17   
7
28   
18

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
صباح الخير   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
آسف   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
وداعا   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Griko   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
ελληνικά   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
arabe   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Arabs   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
74   
99+
25   
21

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
ara   

ISO 639 3
ell   
ara   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Greek and Arabic Speaking population

Greek and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Greek and Arabic on Greek vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Arabic Language Codes

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

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