Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Armenian
Chinese Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
您好
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
谢谢
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
你好吗？
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
晚安
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
下午好
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
早上好
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
请
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
遗憾
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
我爱你
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Greece
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Hong Kong
Native Name
ελληνικά
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
Not Available
German Name
Neugriechisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Not Available
Origin
1500 BC
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
el
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
ell
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
gre
Not Available
ISO 639 3
ell
No data available
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
cant1236
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
All Greek and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Greek and Cantonese Speaking population
Greek and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Greek vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Cantonese Language Codes
Greek and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.