Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-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)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
God morgen
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Please
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Sweden
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
danois
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
c. 1100 AD
  
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
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional