Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
sannu
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Greek and Hausa Speaking population
Greek and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Greek vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Hausa Language Codes
Greek and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.