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German and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
7   
8

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Germany   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Armenian   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
9   
1

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
hallo   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
Danke   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
guten Morgen   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
bitte   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
Verzeihung   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Griko   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
ελληνικά   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
allemand   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Germans   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
74   
99+
9   
9

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
ger   

ISO 639 3
ell   
deu   

ISO 639 6
ells   
deus   

Glottocode
gree1276   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Greek and German Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and German dialects. Various dialects of Greek and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and German Speaking population

Greek and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and German languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Greek vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and German Language Codes

Greek and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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