Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Czech Republic
  
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, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Institute of the Czech Language
  
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.
  
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-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)
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
prosím
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
litovat
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Czechs
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Standard Czech
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic