Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
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)
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1913
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
bodo1269
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available