Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
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
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-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)
  
Tere
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Palun
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
estonien
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Estonians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative