Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian 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
  
Standard Cebuano
  
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
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available