Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
India
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
India
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available