Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Austria
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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 croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Armenian
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Latin
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
bok
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
hvala
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
kako si
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
laku noć
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
dobar dan
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
dobro jutro
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
molim
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Oprostite
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Doviđenja
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Volim te
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Greece
Croatia
Dialect 2
Griko
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Italy
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Hrvatski
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
croate
German Name
Neugriechisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Croats
Origin
1500 BC
9th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
croa1245
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Greek and Croatian Speaking population
Greek and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Greek vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Croatian Language Codes
Greek and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.