Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
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)
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Armenian
Turkish
Derived From
Latin
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Salam
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
necəsən
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
lütfən
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
üzr
Bye
αντίο (antío)
xudafiz
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Derbent
Where They Speak
Greece
Russia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Native Name
ελληνικά
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
azéri
German Name
Neugriechisch
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Azerbaijani
Origin
1500 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Not Available
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Azerbaijani
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
azer1255
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Greek and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Azerbaijani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Azerbaijani Dialects are spoken in different Azerbaijani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Azerbaijani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent , Gazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Greek and Azerbaijani Speaking population
Greek and Azerbaijani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Azerbaijani languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Azerbaijani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 %. 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 Azerbaijani on Greek vs Azerbaijani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Azerbaijani Language Codes
Greek and Azerbaijani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Azerbaijani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.