Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Zambia
  
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.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
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)
  
Moni
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
pepani
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Chewa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available