Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
North-East Belarus
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
South-West Belarus
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
9.63 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Belarusian
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available