Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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.
  
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Myanmar
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
birman
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1113 AD
  
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
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating