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
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.25 million
  
36
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
el
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic