Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Roman Empire
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Armenian
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Hello
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Thank you
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
How are you?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Night
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Good Morning
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Please
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Sorry
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
I love you
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
American English
Where They Speak
Greece
United States of America
Dialect 2
Griko
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Italy
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Ukraine
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
English
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Not Available
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
anglais
German Name
Neugriechisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Not Available
Origin
1500 BC
5th Century AD
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
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard English
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gree1276
stan1293
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic