Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1887
  
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
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Esperanto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Greek and Esperanto Speaking population
Greek and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is Not Available. 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 Esperanto on Greek vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Esperanto Language Codes
Greek and Esperanto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Esperanto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.