Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
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)
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Georgians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic