Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
India
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available